Tag: the Kurds
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McCarthy: Pelosi to Trump: “You Just Wait to See What We Do”
“UNBECOMING OF A SPEAKER” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 20, 2019) — On today’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA23) told host Maria Bartiromo that during a Wednesday meeting at the White House concerning the deteriorating situation among Turkey, Syria and the Kurds since President Trump announced a withdrawal of U.S. special forces,…
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Middle East (and US) Mired in Perpetual Military Mishmash?
“YOU THERE, DONALD?” October 14, 2019 Dear Editor, The mind simply boggles! A perpetual, Middle-Eastern military mishmash mire, to ponder: In northeastern Syria, the Americans abandon their ‘brothers in arms’ in the fight against the heinous IS, Kurdish allies to a savage onslaught from US NATO ally Turkey; the barbaric Assad-regime Syrians (allied to ex-KGB …