U.S. troops leaving Syria for Iraq as Kurds look to withdraw amid cease-fire

Esper said Saturday that the fragile cease-fire was generally holding despite reports of intermittent fighting.Trump has been steadfast about his decision to withdraw U.S. troops who'd been protecting Kurdish areas out of the way of the Turkish advance, prompting criticism both domestically and abroad.

The president has bragged about the cease-fire the U.S. negotiated, claiming it saved thousands of lives. “The ceasefire is holding up very nicely. There are some minor skirmishes that have ended quickly. New areas being resettled with Kurds. U.S. soldiers are not in combat or ceasefire zone. We have secured the Oil.” Mark Esper, Secretary of Defense. Ending endless wars!But a top Kurdish general told NBC News he fears the Turkish campaign in Syria will result in “ethnic cleansing.”

Gen. Mazloum Kobani, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, said that the U.S. bears full responsibility for what is happening.“We trusted them for five years and the continuing war against ISIS, but now [there is] ethnic cleansing against the Kurdish people under their eyes. If they wanted, they would have interfered to stop it.”

The Kurds, a loyal ally in America's fight against ISIS for years, have claimed Trump’s actions amounted to a betrayal.

I wish the U.S. would quit fighting this half ass wars, we got all these weapons at our disposal and yet we don't use them,why do we have them for.

WRONG!!

Would these be the same ISIS militants who just escaped imprisonment by the Kurds.

But the Liar in Chief said they were coming home.

POTUS were you lying to your MAGA base again? Sure you were. LindseyGrahamSC marcorubio GOP shame on you, pathetic cowards.

So Trump’s concern for the safety of our troops was a lie. They remain in a combat situation & under fire. The move was for his political self serving advantage & not any military strategic plan. Trump gets a double cheek kiss from Putin. The Kurds will never trust the US again.

RepBrianMast you told me in a letter that removing troops from northern Syria meant ending 'endless wars,' bringing troops home and observing the War Powers Act. So, what fresh hell is this? Maybe, just maybe, a president out of control?

So much for leaving the Middle East. How does it feel to sale out an ally?

More like retreating like cowards to protect the oil Wells.

The endless wars are the true national opioid addition, from generals to warmongering politicians to newspapers like Washington Post and New York Times. It's the time to quit this epidemic, no matter how painful to everyone might be.

Trump said he defeated ISIS and they no longer exist.

There are so many lies coming out of his mouth that it’s difficult to keep them straight.

RandPaul is that what you had in mind when you betrayed the Kurds

I agree we should've never invaded another countries sovereignty;however, trump has irresponsibly removed troops from Syria without at least brokering a deal with the Syria government or Turkish government to ensure peace... or at least sent in UN peacekeeping troops

Without our Kurdish allies that we’ve abandoned to be slaughtered.

The campaign against Isis or the unreported pillaging of oil and committing heinous crimes? Jesus returns soon, repent and turn away from evil. Judgement day is around the corner.

This is really stupid. You shouldn't even report it without noting the lack of any logic behind it.

Kurd killer. That is all Trump is. It is almost incredible how cowardly and selfish he is. His foreign policy might be as bad as any past American president. Anyone supporting him after this nefarious behavior is less than American. The GOP needs to work out it’s problems.

The ones they just let go?

DCLOSU This is the face of surrender of USA & betrayal of our allies.

Without our Kurdish allies, these troops will now have a much tougher job.

The Truth from Michael Doran:

all the forces should withdraw from middle east every single one of them. let the ppl from middle east to find there own democracy and peace.

Lie? Who me?

But the liar in chief said he was bringing the Troops home.

Wait! But but wait! Trump said The Islamic state was destroyed and our troops were coming home. I heared him.

Soooo they're not coming home?

The orange lord of chaos strikes again

Pompeo gave Israel the green light to attack Iran - another green light that may drag us into another conflict.

So we hastily destroyed millions of 💵 worth of physical assets in Syria. Killed our reputation with our Kurdish allies... then told our people that were bringing our troops home only to find out nope.. we’re moving them to Iraq. Tired of watching this slip & fall admin.

Esperanto?

The incompetent criminal in-chief now will risk the soldiers lives to recapture, if that is still possible, the ISIS militants that he himself allowed to escape with his flawed Syria's pull out.

Why, so Trump can just set them free too?

Greed

What happened to bringing them home?

Lied to again by Trump.

1000? Msm reported 1000 s what happened ? 1000? We were stopping a tidal wave of anti humanitarian aide with 1,000? That’s one with a comma and THREE ZERO’s

realDonaldTrump: So much for your statement that US troops were being pulled from Syria and sent 'home' bc you didn't want them involved in endless wars. What is Iraq if not one long endless, unnecessary war?

Here’s the latest border conflict video supplied by ABC news

То есть это не выход из войны, как обещал Трамп? Это смена дислокации? А что послужило причиной необходимости бросить все и убегать?

So not bringing them home?

Wait... Trump said they were all coming home. So now we have up our military bases and intel to Russia while re-emerging ISIS for

I thought he said they were 50 troops? Wtf?

Is Western Iraq home?

But Donald said they were coming home😂

When he said he was bringin then all home I hadn’t realised the American army recruited from western Iraq

So Iraq is ... home?

But...but...minutes ago Trump said 'Bringing soldiers home'? Is it possible he lied? And how are we 'securing the oil' if we're withdrawing from Syria? The sooner Trump resigns or is removed, the better.

Hasn’t realDonaldTrump eradicated ISIS?

Time to end Obama's illegal war in Syria

Didn’t President Bonespurs say they were coming home? Hmm... NoMoreYears CutOurLosses

It's Esperanto not Esper according to Dear Leader.

Isis has escaped their prisons. realDonaldTrump has resurrected ISIS

So...bringing them home from “endless wars”, per Trump?!

What happened to ending the endless wars?

Thought trump was bringing the troops home, trumpsters? Stop lying for trump!

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