This is not good. Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin has just spoken with a US Special Forces soldier who is currently fighting with on the front lines with the Kurds as they are attacked by Turkey. He’s among 1,000 or so US soldiers standing with the Kurds. Here’s what Griffin reports:
I just spoke to a distraught US Special Forces soldier who is among the 1000 or so US troops in Syria tonight who is serving alongside the SDF Kurdish forces. It was one of the hardest phone calls I have ever taken.
"I am ashamed for the first time in my career."
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) October 9, 2019
Instead of posting each tweet, I’m just going to copy and paste it here for ease of reading…
This veteran US Special forces soldier has trained indigenous forces on multiple continents. He is on the frontlines tonight and said they are witnessing Turkish atrocities.
“Turkey is not doing what it agreed to. It’s horrible,” this military source on the ground told me.
“We met every single security agreement. The Kurds met every single agreement. There was NO threat to the Turks – NONE – from this side of the border.” “This is insanity,” the concerned US service member told me. “”I don’t know what they call atrocities but they are happening.”
This American soldier told me the Kurds have not left their positions guarding the ISIS prisoners. In fact “they prevented a prison break last night without us.” “They are not abandoning our side (yet).”
The Kurds are “pleading for our support.” We are doing “nothing.”
Troops on the ground in Syria and their commanders were “surprised” by the decision Sunday night.
Of the President’s decision: “He doesn’t understand the problem. He doesn’t understand the repercussions of this. Erdogan is an Islamist, not a level headed actor.”
Acc to this US soldier on the ground tonight in Syria: “The Kurds are as close to Western thinking in the Middle East as anyone. “It’s a shame. It’s horrible.” “This is not helping the ISIS fight.” Re: ISIS prisoners: “Many of them will be free in the coming days and weeks.”
This US Special Forces soldier wanted me to know: “The Kurds are sticking by us. No other partner I have ever dealt with would stand by us.”
Disappointed in the decisions coming from their senior leaders.
He’s exactly right. Trump treats Erdogan like he’s a reasonable man, but he’s not. He’s an Islamist hell-bent on reestablishing the Ottoman Empire 2.0. He cannot be trusted.
Yet Trump is not only singing his praises, but has invited him back to the White House again. If this were happening under Obama I would swear to you that it’s because Obama is paying allegiance to the new Caliph. Or something like that. But this is not Obama. It’s Trump, and he’s doing the same kind of thing Obama did with Iraq, all in the name of ending endless wars. Ugh.