Syrian Kurds are close to declaring Independence

[Stew Cook]

Ok, and?

whatever

 

[hog88]

whatever

They vetoed it for completely different reasons.

Russia and the United States both vetoed the resolution, but for different reasons.

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, whose country is a key ally of Syria's Bashar Assad, told reporters that any council statement on Syria must address broader issues, including the presence of foreign forces in the country.


U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft told reporters that President Donald Trump "has made abundantly clear" that the United States "has not in any way" endorsed Turkey's decision to mount a military incursion in northeast Syria.

She told reporters the president has emphasized to Turkey's government that it bears "full responsibility" for protecting Kurds and religious minorities, and for ensuring that Daesh terrorists remain in prison and the terrorist group doesn't reconstitute itself.

Craft stressed that Turkey's "failure to do so will have consequences." She didn't elaborate.​

 

[Stew Cook]

They vetoed it for completely different reasons.

So I suppose at this point if they revoted the US wouldn't veto?

Seems like Trump somehow believed that Turkey was going to invade and "protect the Kurds". That pretty much makes him an idiot, if he truly believed that, but you know he didn't.

So, I have to call BS on the veto.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

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[Velo Vol]

 

[Stew Cook]

I guess he dared not say "Saudis".

 

[1972 Grad]

Trump is turning the Dems into warmongers and hawks.

 

[VolnJC]

No way this was an honest mistake just like that Kurt E. dude holding up the pic from 1983 earthquake

 

[Stew Cook]

Trump is turning the Dems into warmongers and hawks.

You'd fall in line if Trump invaded Greenland.

 

[carlos86]

So, now that Trump has literally indicated that the Kurds can pound sand. Do any of you wonder if he just flat out told Erdogan that he didn't care if he wiped them out?

I just think he’s an imbecile who either can’t read intelligence, national security or foreign policy briefings. And now their aren’t any adults in the room.

 

[Velo Vol]

No way this was an honest mistake just like that Kurt E. dude holding up the pic from 1983 earthquake

What difference does it make? Do you dispute that Turkey is attacking the Kurds?

 

[1972 Grad]

You'd fall in line if Trump invaded Greenland.

There wouldn't be much resistance on the ground in Greenland. Should be able to conquer the first day or two.

 

[VolnJC]

Trump is turning the Dems into warmongers and hawks.

This had been pointed out in polls..there were like 8 polls that asked if you were in favor of removing troops from Syria...in every poll a majority of Dems said yes..the only time they didn't support it was when Trump's name was added to the poll..that tells you all you need to know about our newfound chicken Hawks

 

[carlos86]

Oh man, this is even worse. "I captured ISIS."

He sounds like Caligula.

 

[Stew Cook]

No way this was an honest mistake just like that Kurt E. dude holding up the pic from 1983 earthquake

It was a mistake on someone's part.. I'm sure the ABC news heads said, "go find an easily proven fake tracer round night fire clip, so we can make Turkey look bad"...

My guess is some ME freelance news source pulled a fast one and ABC got played.

 

[evillawyer]

'The Kurds are being slaughtered': House votes to condemn President Trump’s troop pullout from Syria

Newsflash... they are the ones who have the power to declare war. They're obviously not serious about Syria. Just want to use it as a political football.

Too bad Fred Trump didn't know how to pull out.

 

[carlos86]

How the hell does he forget why he’s at a meeting the he called.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

'The Kurds are being slaughtered': House votes to condemn President Trump’s troop pullout from Syria

Newsflash... they are the ones who have the power to declare war. They're obviously not serious about Syria. Just want to use it as a political football.

They won't do that. Much easier to just belly ache and have temper tantrums.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

If the terrorists responsible for 9/11 came from 7000 miles away (Saudi Arabia), then we retaliated by invading a country 9000 miles away (Afghanistan).

 

[golfballs]

What did the Kurds do for the centuries before we showed up?

 

[1972 Grad]

What did the Kurds do for the centuries before we showed up?

Got eaten by Little Miss Muffet.

 

[carlos86]

If the terrorists responsible for 9/11 came from 7000 miles away (Saudi Arabia), then we retaliated by invading a country 9000 miles away (Afghanistan).

Tell me again what country was Al-Qaida based out of????

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Tell me again what country was Al-Qaida based out of????

Afghanistan? Pakistan? Iraq? Saudi Arabia? Syria? Palestinian Authority?

Al-Qaeda - Wikipedia

Al-Qaeda has the following direct affiliates:

• Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
• Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
• Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
• al-Shabaab
• Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
• Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM)
• Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina[53]
• Al-Qaeda in Caucasus and Russia
• Al-Qaeda in Gaza
• Al-Qaeda in Kurdistan[54]
• Al-Qaeda in Lebanon
• Al Qaeda in Spain
• Al-Qaeda in the Malay Archipelago
• Al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula

The following are presently believed to be indirect affiliates of al-Qaeda:

• Caucasus Emirate (factions)
• Fatah al-Islam[55]
• Islamic Jihad Union[56]
• Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
• Jaish-e-Mohammed[57]
• Jemaah Islamiyah[citation needed]
• Lashkar-e-Taiba[58]
• Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group[59]

Al-Qaeda's former affiliates include the following:

• Abu Sayyaf (pledged allegiance to ISIL in 2014[60])
• Al-Mourabitoun (joined JNIM in 2017[61])
• Al-Qaeda in Iraq (became the Islamic State of Iraq, which later seceded from al-Qaeda and became ISIL)
• Al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel (inactive since 2015[62])
• Ansar al-Islam (majority merged with ISIL in 2014)
• Ansar Dine (joined JNIM in 2017[61])
• Islamic Jihad of Yemen (became AQAP)
• Jund al-Aqsa (defunct)
• Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (merged with Al-Mulathameen to form Al-Mourabitoun in 2013)
• Rajah Sulaiman movement[citation needed] (defunct)

 

[1972 Grad]

Tell me again what country was Al-Qaida based out of????

Minnesota.

 

[Stew Cook]

Very curious
Trump-Erdogan Call Led to Lengthy Quest to Avoid Halkbank Trial