History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
The Sage of Main Street (10-10-2019)
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
The Sage of Main Street (10-10-2019)
Day two of the invasion: Turkey is capturing towns, civilians (including children) are already dying, tens of thousands are fleeing as I write this, and the Kurds may have to stop guarding prisons holding ISIS fighters in order to try and fight off Turkish forces. The Kurdish-led forces are reportedly being forced to turn to Russia now for aid in the form of their spearheading peace negotiations with Turkey.
Trump explains on Twitter that Kurdish fighters "didn't help us in the Second World War. They didn't help us with Normandy. ...With all that being said, we like the Kurds." Well that's helpful. Especially coming from a silver-spooned estate-dweller who didn't have the guts to serve his country when it called upon HIM to do so!! I mean they only won the war against ISIS for us at the cost of some 11,000 of their soldiers, what do we owe them?!?!Also also, remember the "Free Syrian Army?" The Turkish-controlled "rebel" group in Syria who we supported before they decided not to fight ISIS so we had to turn to the Kurds because only they were willing to at the time? That Free Syrian Army? They're reportedly participating in the Turkish invasion!
A bill has been introduced to impose economic sanctions on Turkey in response to all this, and it appears to have broad bi-partisan support. I hope it passes. There should be sanctions and Turkey should be expelled from NATO at bare minimum, IMO. They are NOT our friends!
Honestly, I'm past anger at this point. I just want to cry.
Last edited by IMPress Polly; 10-10-2019 at 07:05 AM.
Unfortunately for the Kurds they have little if any geopolitical importance. The good thing is that Turkey's economy is very fragile and US sanctions can cripple them.
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The Sage of Main Street (10-10-2019)
Turkish Forces Make First Gains In Northeastern Syria (Photos)…..
Early on October 10, the Turkish military and the National Syrian Army (NSA) made their first gains in northeast Syria by capturing positions west of the strategic town of Tell Abyad in northern al-Raqqa.
The NSA said that its fighters imposed control of the town of Yabseh along with its farms as well as the village of Tell Fender.
Warplanes of the Turkish Air Force (TAF) and the Turkish military artillery are now targeting the remaining Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Tell Abyad and its surroundings.
So far, at least eight civilians have been killed as a result of Turkish bombardment on northeast Syria. The number will likely raise in the upcoming few hours.....snip~
https://southfront.org/turkish-force...eastern-syria/
One town and one village.
History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~
Here's the one Republican Senator who I've seen dare to defend this new White House policy, Rand Paul of Kentucky, on the subject: "I stand with @realDonaldTrump today as he once again fulfills his promises to stop our endless wars and have a true America First foreign policy." I'm not sure how this new policy constitutes ending a war so much as starting one, but okay moron! Also, as the National Review article notes, that wasn't Mr. Rand Paul's view back in 2015 when ISIS was at the height of its power in Syria. Here's Rand Paul back then, where he argued that the U.S. should defeat ISIS by arming the Kurds and pledging them their own country. So there's clearly a principle at stake here for Mr. Paul is my point, not just rank political opportunism and shameless hypocrisy!