LewRockwell The American military has reportedly evacuated several outposts from the region ahead of a Turkish offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously announced by Ankara.
President Donald Trump has written on Twitter that getting the US out of wars was the reason he was elected, just hours after reports emerged that American troops are withdrawing from their positions in Syria.
âŠ.down, watching over a quagmire, & spending big dollars to do so. When I took over, our Military was totally depleted. Now it is stronger than ever before. The endless and ridiculous wars are ENDING! We will be focused on the big picture, knowing we can always go back & BLAST!
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019
âTrump earlier commented on the situation in northern Syria, where they plan to create a safe zone in order to prevent new clashes between Turkish forces and US-backed militants from the SDF. He stressed that the US has destroyed the Daesh* terrorist group in the region, adding that his country shouldnât have involved itself deeper in local conflicts.
âŠ.including capturing thousands of ISIS fighters, mostly from Europe. But Europe did not want them back, they said you keep them USA! I said âNO, we did you a great favor and now you want us to hold them in U.S. prisons at tremendous cost. They are yours for trials.â TheyâŠ..
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019
âŠ..again said âNO,â thinking, as usual, that the U.S. is always the âsucker,â on NATO, on Trade, on everything. The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so. They have been fighting Turkey for decades. I held off this fight forâŠ.
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019
âŠfigure the situation out, and what they want to do with the captured ISIS fighters in their âneighborhood.â They all hate ISIS, have been enemies for years. We are 7000 miles away and will crush ISIS again if they come anywhere near us!
â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019
According to the American president, the US military should fight only where it is in the countryâs interest, âand only fight to winâ.