Trump took to Twitter this morning to remind everyone that Turkey isn’t going to shoot any Kurds still leaving his “Safe Zone”:
Turkey fully understands not to fire on the Kurds as they leave what will be known as the Safe Zone for other fairly nearby areas. I don’t have to repeat that large scale Sanctions will be imposed for violations. Going well! ISIS secured by Kurds with Turkey ready as backup…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2019
Apparently ISIS prisoners are still being “secured” by the Kurds and Turkey is ready as “backup” to secure them if the Kurds can’t – at least that’s how it reads to me.
Trump also says notes that our soldiers are coming home and that we are apparently keeping the oil that we’ve captured from ISIS:
….USA has gained Trillions of Dollars in wealth since November 2016. All others way down. Our power is Economic before having to use our newly rebuilt Military, a much better alternative. Oil is secured. Our soldiers have left and are leaving Syria for other places, then….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2019
….COMING HOME! We were supposed to be there for 30 days – That was 10 years ago. When these pundit fools who have called the Middle East wrong for 20 years ask what we are getting out of the deal, I simply say, THE OIL, AND WE ARE BRINGING OUR SOLDIERS BACK HOME, ISIS SECURED!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2019
Trump said the other day that we would have a few troops remain to protect the oil that was captured, and that it would be determined at a later dat what would happen to it. I guess Trump has decided to keep it.
He was always a proponent in the past for “keeping the oil” in Iraq war, so I guess that’s what he’s doing here.