Vanity FairPolitics “Total Chaos”: Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Has Become A Full-Fledged DisasterVanity Fair - Eric LutzThe U.S. withdrawal has forced Kurdish fighters into an alliance with the Russia-backed Syrian government, and American troops could be trapped between two advancing armies. Everything Donald Trump’s warned
Vanity Fairflipped into The HivePolitics Trump: Mexicans Are a Bigger Threat Than the ISIS Prisoners I Let Escape in Northern SyriaVanity Fair - Bess LevinMeanwhile, the president has vowed to punish Turkey for the killings he sanctioned. Donald Trump has made a lot of exceedingly stupid decisions in the 78,000 dog years he’s been in office, but few compare,
ReutersPolitics U.S. Senator McConnell to meet with Trump administration to discuss...ReutersFILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to a gathering of the Federalist Society at the State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston WASHINGTON -
The Weekflipped into The WeekDonald Trump This paragraph could suggest Trump's top Russia adviser isn't giving very flattering testimony to Congresstheweek.com - Kathryn Krawczyk Fiona Hill might be a major threat to President Trump. Hill, who serves as Trump's top adviser to Russia, was hired in March 2017 as an ally to …
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion Are you happy now, Trump supporters?The Washington Post - By Max BootPresident Trump isn’t the first American leader to turn his back on foreign friends who were counting on U.S. assistance: President Dwight D. Eisenhower did it in Hungary in 1956; President John F. Kennedy
U.S. Armed Forces Trump Just Did Irreparable Damage to America’s Standing in the World. It Wasn’t an Accident.slate.com - Fred Kaplan U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from the media while departing the White House on October 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty …
NBC NewsKurdistan Top special ops Marine who fought with Kurds blasts Trump move in Syria as betrayalNBC News - Ken Dilanian"As a guy who has fought alongside the Kurds," said former Marine Col. Andrew Milburn, "on an emotional level this is gut-wrenching." WASHINGTON — A former top Marine officer who led special operations
Liberal View US nuclear weapons are now being held as ‘essentially Erdogan’s hostages’ in Turkey: reportrawstory.com - Cody Fenwick, AlterNet When President Donald Trump pulled American troops out of northern Syria, virtually giving Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the green light to …
Marisa Romanelliflipped into Stuff People Should ReadMiddle East Turkey-Syria offensive: Assad's army 'enters Manbij'BBC NewsSyria's army has moved swiftly into towns and villages in the north-east of the country, which could lead to a confrontation with Turkish-led troops. State media said Russian-backed Syrian forces entered
CNNflipped into VoicesOpinion We need the real story of why Trump sold out the KurdsCNN - By Frida Ghitis(CNN) — What was President Donald Trump thinking when he abruptly announced that he had agreed to reverse years of US policy in Syria and withdraw American forces, clearing the way for Turkey to launch
Jezebelflipped into The SlotSyria Tiffany, SadJezebel Please just shoot Diet Dr. Pepper straight into my veins! Donald Trump wished the Navy “happy birthday” this past weekend, but either forgot or …
Haaretzflipped into Middle EastMiddle East Assad Forces, Now Allied With Kurds, Push Into Northeastern Syria as Turkey Vows to Press Onhaaretz.com - Reuters and The Associated Press Syria’s troops have entered northeastern towns and villages, Syrian state media said on Monday, after Washington announced it was abruptly pulling …
FutureCastflipped into 2020 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONKurdistan The Madman Has No Clothesnewrepublic.com - Adam Weinstein Since Nixon, presidential pundits and sycophants have tried to rationalize executive insanity. But no one was prepared for Trump’s Syria madness. If …
Clark Sparksflipped into HISTORY, CURRENT AND PAST EVENTSMiddle East Syrian troops enter Kurdish fight against Turkish forcesThe Guardian - Michael Safi in Amman and Bethan McKernan in AkçakaleSyrian troops have begun sweeping into Kurdish-held territory on a collision course with Turkish forces and their allies, a day after the beleaguered Kurds agreed to hand over key cities to Damascus in
MSNBCSyria Officials fear ISIS resurgence in SyriaMSNBC - MSNBC.com Now that Kurdish forces turned to the Russian-backed Syrian President for help, the stage is set for a clash with the Turkish military. Gayle Lemmon, …
AxiosRecep Tayyip Erdoğan Behind the scenes of the Trump bluff that kicked off Turkey's invasionAxios - Jonathan Swan President Trump had been calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's bluff for more than 2 years, and some senior administration officials …
Axiosflipped into PoliticsPolitics Trump defends abandoning Kurds: "I hope they all do great"Axios - Fadel Allassan President Trump defended his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in a series of tweets Monday, saying he would much rather focus on the U.S. …
Brian Benedictusflipped into RoosGlobal Conflict Trump Says It's Not His Problem Hundreds of ISIS Fighters Escaped Kurdish CampsVICE - Tim HumePresident Trump brushed off reports Monday that hundreds of ISIS family members had escaped a Kurdish-run camp in northern Syria, a day after the U.S. announced it was pulling out all its troops, sparking
Fox Newsflipped into Top StoriesSyria ABC apologizes for mistaking Kentucky gun range video for Turkish bombing of SyriaFox News - Nick GivasABC issued a correction and apology Monday for reportedly using video from a Kentucky gun range while falsely claiming it depicted a fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Turkish forces. The network the
Kurdistan Trump says let ‘Napoleon Bonaparte’ rescue Kurdstimesofisrael.com - By AFP WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump suggested Monday that Syria’s formerly US-allied Kurds could look to 19th century French emperor Napoleon …
Jerry Welchflipped into MilTech WeeklyMilitary U.S. Reviewing Options For Pulling Nuclear Bombs Out Of Turkey, Here's How They Might Do ItThe Drive - By Joseph Trevithick The rapidly evolving crisis in Syria may prompt the U.S. to finally remove its nuclear stockpile from Turkey, a move that some say is long …
Veni,Vidi,Vixiflipped into Geek MeatKasparov Chess master Garry Kasparov: Russia's tech threat is 'tactical,' China's 'strategic'CNBC - Ryan Browne While Russia's use of technology in the geopolitical sphere is aimed at securing short-term gains, China is in it for the long game, according to …
USA TODAYKurdistan George Conway: Trump's Syria decision is a 'colossal geopolitical blunder of historic significance'USA TODAY - Savannah BehrmannWASHINGTON – George Conway, conservative lawyer and husband to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria as making
My News: My Worldflipped into My News: My World (South & West Asia)Finance (India) Oh boy, there might be another trade war. This time between India and Malaysia. - CultureMashableJust as we're coming to terms with the trade war between the U.S. and China's, there's another one looming in the horizon. Malaysia and India are currently embroiled in a diplomatic spat of sorts which
Nancy Tavares flipped into QualityIran-Iraq War The Secret Origins of the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship Explain Today's Disaster in Syriaforeignpolicy.com - Bryan R. Gibson On June 30, 1972, two Kurdish men, Idris Barzani and Mahmoud Othman, arrived nondescriptly at the CIA’s sprawling headquarters in Langley, Virginia, …
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion Here’s the real foreign policy disaster that Trump has created for the U.S.The Washington PostThe convergence of Chinese and Russian foreign and defense policies has been ascribed to the fact that both are authoritarian regimes. That is a narrow version of the truth. They are very different kinds
The Guardianflipped into World NewsWorld News US nuclear bombs at Turkish airbase complicate rift over Syria invasionThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington and Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsAn estimated 50 nuclear bombs stored at a US airbase in Turkey have become potential bargaining chips in the tense relationship between Washington and Ankara in the wake of the Turkish offensive into Although
WallStreetRebel.comflipped into Putin: Fascist Murdering Kleptocratic Thug Middle East Kremlin says Turkey's military operation in Syria must be...Reuters - Reuters EditorialTurkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters raise the Syrian opposition flag at the border town of Tel Abyad, Syria, October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi RIYADH (Reuters) - Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on
The Daily Beastflipped into Cheat SheetKurdistan Trump Accuses Kurds of Releasing ISIS Prisoners to Bait Him Back Into SyriaThe Daily Beast - Jamie Ross President Trump has accused the Syrian Kurds—who, until last week, were America's most important allies in the fight against ISIS—of releasing ISIS …
Derrick Ashflipped into American TerminatorIsrael Does This Video Show a Drone Killing an Israeli Merkava Tank?nationalinterest.org - Michael Peck Did an Islamic Jihad drone drop a bomb an Israeli tank outside Gaza?Key Point: The problem is one of asymmetry. Israel has sophisticated, expensive …
