Marco Rubio: "Turkish forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds

[pyetro]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

 

[mudwhistle]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

Marco can go fuck himself.....little bastard helped arm ISIS.

October 13, 2019
Do We Owe the Kurds a War?
By Tom Trinko
At first glance, we should be protecting the Kurds from the Turks. But after fighting in the Middle East for decades, we need to do a deep dive before committing America to another war there.

We don't know what information Donald Trump based his decision on. If he had intel that Turkey was going in with or without our approval, then removing our troops would be the only way that Trump could ensure we didn't get into a war with Turkey. Once Turkey killed Americans, it would be hard to avoid a conflict, even if, after the conflict had started and Americans were dying, Americans changed their minds.

Even without that intel, the Turkish leader is a would-be dictator and strongman, hence any brinkmanship by Trump could result in a war. Dictators are much fonder of wars that unify their countries than are the leaders of truly democratic countries. The reality is that any pushback against the Turks could have a high probability of getting America into a major conflict with Turkey and possibly Russia.

Given that Turkey is close to Russia both geographically and politically, any U.S. attack on Turkey could end up driving Turkey out of NATO and into an alignment with Russia and Iran. That could lead to a war between the U.S. and Russia, which would be a very bad thing according to the people who ponder such things.

Not to mention that since Turkey is currently part of NATO, it's conceivable that Europe would side, at least diplomatically, with Turkey to avoid Turkey unleashing millions of refugees on Europe.

While the Kurds have been fighting the good fight, does anyone outside the Beltway think the American people would support hundreds if not thousands of Americans dying and spending trillions of dollars to protect the Kurds against the Turks?

If the American people don't think the Kurds are worth dying for, then a president who got us into a war to protect the Kurds would be going against America's interests. Iraq has shown us that a war that doesn't result in a stable peace, a war that we withdraw from prematurely, is worse than no war at all in most cases.

We know that the U.S. is sharing intel with the Kurds since we warned them of upcoming Turkish attacks. We could also be providing them with the weapons they need to fight off the Turks. Remember the Afghans managed to fight off the Soviet Union, which was much more powerful than Turkey is now, with just intelligence and weapons from the U.S.

Also, we should keep in mind that the Kurds aren't confined to the parts of Syria Turkey might be moving into. If the net result of Turkey's actions is that the Kurds are restricted to the territory they control in Iraq, that wouldn't be the end of the world.

If Bush's liberation of Iraq taught us anything it's that the people of the Middle East don't think the way we do. We thought we'd be treated as liberators when we overthrew Saddam, yet we ended up being hated by the very people we'd freed. The Kurds would be unlikely to be that ungrateful, but the simple reality is that even if we did fight Turkey and win with little in the way of casualties, the consequences could be long-term and severe.

While the neocons who are condemning Trump for this are consistent — they've been for fighting overseas for ages — most of the people who are criticizing Trump are simply attacking him because they attack anything he does.

The same leftists who are saying Trump is a monster for letting down the Kurds applauded Obama running away from Iraq even though it set the stage for the rise of ISIS. Similarly, when Obama overthrew the government of Libya and then left the country to descend into chaos and terrorism, the voices of the Left found no reason to critique him.

One doesn't have to be an isolationist to argue that America has no obligation to wage a war to defend the Kurds.

While it's true that the Kurds have done a great job fighting ISIS, which has helped America, they fought ISIS not out of charity, but for their own survival. We don't owe the Kurds anything, given that without U.S. support, the Kurds would still be fighting Saddam.

That doesn't mean it's wrong to fight a war for them against the Turks, but it certainly means we're not morally obligated to do so.


While we all feel the desire to protect the Kurds from the Turks, the simple reality is that anything beyond supplying them with intelligence and the weapons they need to defend themselves is simply a bridge too far, given what the American people want.

Without knowing what tools Trump used to try to dissuade the Turks from attacking the Kurds, we can't know for sure if more could have been done without taking a serious risk that a war would occur, so it's impossible to say at this time if Trump could have done more.

But given the attitude of the American people about wars that don't directly protect them, it's hard to say Trump is being a bad president by not risking another endless war in the Middle East.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/do_we_owe_the_kurds_a_war.html​

 

[shockedcanadian]

If this is true, should NATO consider kicking them out of the coalition?

By the way, there are some in Canada who are suggesting we leave. LOL. Rich, right? Canadians just figure, "meh, why spend money on a military when the U.S will protect us". I'm trying to find which low IQ Canadian public figure suggested it.

Until one day you guys run out of water or something...

 

[Lakhota]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

If true - this is barbaric. Trump owns this mess. However, I don't consider Rubio a reliable source.

 

[Lakhota]

Just imagine how sad and ashamed U.S. troops must feel who fought alongside the Kurds who are now being slaughtered by Turkey.

 

[Kondor3]

If this is true, should NATO consider kicking them out of the coalition?...

With Erdogan at its head, Turkey is not really in NATO anyway, so, perhaps it's best, just to get it over with.

The EU didn't want them as part of the European Union, given that they're (a) an Asian country and (b) mostly Muslim.

Give Turkey another 5 years and they will be buying MIGs and SUs rather than F16s and F35s, and closing the Dardanelles and the Bosporus.

Give Turkey another 50 years and they will have reverted back to a third-rate Islamic $hithole like their neighbors.

For now, the ex-KGB operative has a new girlboyfriend, even closer to home than Washington.

-------------

You can take the Islamic Conquistador out of Turkey, but you cannot take the Islamic Conquistador out of the Turk.

The "Sick Man of Europe" is having another coughing fit.

Ataturk is rolling over in his grave.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

Marco can go fuck himself.....little bastard helped arm ISIS.

October 13, 2019
Do We Owe the Kurds a War?
By Tom Trinko
At first glance, we should be protecting the Kurds from the Turks. But after fighting in the Middle East for decades, we need to do a deep dive before committing America to another war there.

We don't know what information Donald Trump based his decision on. If he had intel that Turkey was going in with or without our approval, then removing our troops would be the only way that Trump could ensure we didn't get into a war with Turkey. Once Turkey killed Americans, it would be hard to avoid a conflict, even if, after the conflict had started and Americans were dying, Americans changed their minds.

Even without that intel, the Turkish leader is a would-be dictator and strongman, hence any brinkmanship by Trump could result in a war. Dictators are much fonder of wars that unify their countries than are the leaders of truly democratic countries. The reality is that any pushback against the Turks could have a high probability of getting America into a major conflict with Turkey and possibly Russia.

Given that Turkey is close to Russia both geographically and politically, any U.S. attack on Turkey could end up driving Turkey out of NATO and into an alignment with Russia and Iran. That could lead to a war between the U.S. and Russia, which would be a very bad thing according to the people who ponder such things.

Not to mention that since Turkey is currently part of NATO, it's conceivable that Europe would side, at least diplomatically, with Turkey to avoid Turkey unleashing millions of refugees on Europe.

While the Kurds have been fighting the good fight, does anyone outside the Beltway think the American people would support hundreds if not thousands of Americans dying and spending trillions of dollars to protect the Kurds against the Turks?

If the American people don't think the Kurds are worth dying for, then a president who got us into a war to protect the Kurds would be going against America's interests. Iraq has shown us that a war that doesn't result in a stable peace, a war that we withdraw from prematurely, is worse than no war at all in most cases.

We know that the U.S. is sharing intel with the Kurds since we warned them of upcoming Turkish attacks. We could also be providing them with the weapons they need to fight off the Turks. Remember the Afghans managed to fight off the Soviet Union, which was much more powerful than Turkey is now, with just intelligence and weapons from the U.S.

Also, we should keep in mind that the Kurds aren't confined to the parts of Syria Turkey might be moving into. If the net result of Turkey's actions is that the Kurds are restricted to the territory they control in Iraq, that wouldn't be the end of the world.

If Bush's liberation of Iraq taught us anything it's that the people of the Middle East don't think the way we do. We thought we'd be treated as liberators when we overthrew Saddam, yet we ended up being hated by the very people we'd freed. The Kurds would be unlikely to be that ungrateful, but the simple reality is that even if we did fight Turkey and win with little in the way of casualties, the consequences could be long-term and severe.

While the neocons who are condemning Trump for this are consistent — they've been for fighting overseas for ages — most of the people who are criticizing Trump are simply attacking him because they attack anything he does.

The same leftists who are saying Trump is a monster for letting down the Kurds applauded Obama running away from Iraq even though it set the stage for the rise of ISIS. Similarly, when Obama overthrew the government of Libya and then left the country to descend into chaos and terrorism, the voices of the Left found no reason to critique him.

One doesn't have to be an isolationist to argue that America has no obligation to wage a war to defend the Kurds.

While it's true that the Kurds have done a great job fighting ISIS, which has helped America, they fought ISIS not out of charity, but for their own survival. We don't owe the Kurds anything, given that without U.S. support, the Kurds would still be fighting Saddam.

That doesn't mean it's wrong to fight a war for them against the Turks, but it certainly means we're not morally obligated to do so.


While we all feel the desire to protect the Kurds from the Turks, the simple reality is that anything beyond supplying them with intelligence and the weapons they need to defend themselves is simply a bridge too far, given what the American people want.

Without knowing what tools Trump used to try to dissuade the Turks from attacking the Kurds, we can't know for sure if more could have been done without taking a serious risk that a war would occur, so it's impossible to say at this time if Trump could have done more.

But given the attitude of the American people about wars that don't directly protect them, it's hard to say Trump is being a bad president by not risking another endless war in the Middle East.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/do_we_owe_the_kurds_a_war.html​

I have seldom had much in the way of disagreement with what you say, and I also find myself usually respecting the position of American thinker, but this is not one of them.

My position has always been that the Kurds deserve a sense of self determination just as Jews deserve it and that protecting this minority from the persecution from the majority is just as important as protecting Jewish people from the same forces.

It's actually a LIBERAL trait, yet most leftists hate Jews and don't care about Kurds one way or another unless there is some virtue signaling to be had.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

If this is true, should NATO consider kicking them out of the coalition?...

With Erdogan at its head, Turkey is not really in NATO anyway, so, perhaps it's best, just to get it over with.

The EU didn't want them as part of the European Union, given that they're (a) an Asian country and (b) mostly Muslim.

Give Turkey another 5 years and they will be buying MIGs and SUs rather than F16s and F35s.

Give Turkey another 50 years and they will have reverted back to a third-rate Islamic $hithole like their neighbors.

For now, the ex-KGB operative has a new girlboyfriend, even closer to home than Washington.

Yep. The only reason Turkey ever became modern is because of the sheer determination of Kemal Ataturk.

As his memory recedes into history, so does the liberalization of Turkey.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

If true - this is barbaric. Trump owns this mess. However, I don't consider Rubio a reliable source.

When you hear that the antiWar Left wants to defend a border

 

[JimH52]

If it is true.....Blood is on trump's hands.....THE INCOMPETENT BASTARD....

 

[White_MAGA_Man]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

If true - this is barbaric. Trump owns this mess. However, I don't consider Rubio a reliable source.

The problem at our border is much worse. We need to bring our troops home.

 

[White_MAGA_Man]

If it is true.....Blood is on trump's hands.....THE INCOMPETENT BASTARD....

Actually the blood is on Obama and Biden's hands.

 

[Lakhota]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

If true - this is barbaric. Trump owns this mess. However, I don't consider Rubio a reliable source.

The problem at our border is much worse. We need to bring our troops home.

Who is being beheaded at our border?

 

[JimH52]

If it is true.....Blood is on trump's hands.....THE INCOMPETENT BASTARD....

Actually the blood is on Obama and Biden's hands.

YOU are a DICK.....and Ignored.....racist bastard....

 

[Hossfly]

The beheadings are a war crime and Erdogan should be hauled in to face the International War Crimes Tribunal.

 

[Lakhota]

The beheadings are a war crime and Erdogan should be hauled in to face the International War Crimes Tribunal.

Along with Trump!!!!!

 

[Hossfly]

The beheadings are a war crime and Erdogan should be hauled in to face the International War Crimes Tribunal.

Along with Trump!!!!!

Why????

 

[Lakhota]

The beheadings are a war crime and Erdogan should be hauled in to face the International War Crimes Tribunal.

Along with Trump!!!!!

Why????

What Trump has said about the Kurds over the past two years - YouTube

Trump's LIES about protecting the Kurds.

 

[Rigby5]

This is awful..
I thought beheadings were an ISIS thing.

As Turkish backed fighters approach a Kurdish held city in #Syria:
-700 #ISIS supporters escaped
-Erdogans forces are filming themselves beheading Kurds - U.S. troops are at serious risk of being cut off & of coming under attack by enemy fighters.

Marco Rubio on Twitter
In related news, here's a thread that didn't age well:
Obungles leaves the Kurds out to dry

If true - this is barbaric. Trump owns this mess. However, I don't consider Rubio a reliable source.

No, I voted for Obama, but this is his mess.
He never should have put US troops in Syria.
It was immoral, illegal, and stupid to do so.

 

[MAGAman]

The beheadings are a war crime and Erdogan should be hauled in to face the International War Crimes Tribunal.

Amazingly, the whiners are more interested in stopping Trump from MAGA than averting what they claim is so horrific