President Donald Trump on October 9. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Trump defends abandoning the Kurds by saying they didn’t help the US in WWII
John Haltiwanger
Oct 9, 2019, 11:03 PM
https://www.businessinsider.com
President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to defend his decision to withdraw US troops from northeastern Syria, abandoning Kurdish forces in the region, by saying the Kurds did not help the US during World War II
They didn’t help us in the Second World War; they didn’t help us with Normandy,Trump said of the Kurds, who played a vital role in the US-led campaign against ISIS
And when asked by reporters whether he felt the Syria retreat and treatment of the Kurds sent a poor message to other potential US allies, Trump said, Alliances are very easy
Trump’s comments came hours after Turkey launched a military operation against the formerly US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria
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