I noted that "great and unmatched wisdom" tweet quote as well...used in conjunction with his decision to pull troops out of Syria, leaving allies in the fight against ISIS exposed to their very real ememies, the Turks. Kurds and Turks have a complicated history, as do the Kurds and Iraq. After WWI, in the wake of the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire, the English and French in all their Great and Unmatched Wisdom decided to carve up the middle east along their artificially created borders instead of tribal\ethnic lines so that the Kurds are significant minorities in both Turkey and Iraq which has become a problem. Turkey is afraid of Kurdish nationalism and has suppressed them for some time. It was the Kurds that Saddam Hussien gassed for rebelling

In Iraq the Kurds emerged a lot more powerful after US intervention and were leaders in the fight to rid themselves of ISIS..which made the US position more secure, and they also fought with the US against ISIS in Syria.

Now Turkey has made no secret of their desire to solve their Kurdish problem...which is at the heart of the "we are abandoning our allies" argument ...which Trump, in his great and unmatched wisdom has simply poo pood. All he did was warn the Turks not to go beyond reasonable measures in dealing with the Kurds. Yeah....reasonable measures to put down the Kurds is OK...give that the meaning you will...in the end the critics are right in the Trump is abandoning an ally before everything is cleaned up.

More importantly, no other player is leaving and it will be up to others (which Trump also noted) to clean up..to somehow transition the region into peace.

Of course the US will have no say whatever. That will be Syria, Turkey, France, Russia, Iraq, Iran etc...not one of them is abandoning the region.

When I saw that quote I had no real idea of how to react

Part of me said "well it is simply reflective of what a dictator\strong man would say"...and we know Trump admires such leaders. Another part of me thought "what a totally unhinged thing for a president of the USA to say"...it shows full disdain for his advisors, diplomatic corps etc.

So Japov, a definite conundrum which you will have to sort out for yourself. In the end I expect you will think about things and trust your gut.

Good luck

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