US to let Turkish forces move into Syria, dumping Kurdish allies

White House reveals policy shift following conversation between Trump and Erdoğan

The White House has given the green light to a Turkish offensive into northern Syria, moving US forces out of the area in an abrupt foreign policy change that will in effect abandon the Kurds, Washington’s longtime military partner.

BUTWHATHAVETHEYDONELATELYFORDONNIE (October 7)

Though there are more Kurds* than Norwegians plus Dutch,

the Kurds have never mattered that much.

So what does it matter whether you're heard,

Donnie declared, “To hell with the Kurds!”?

Kurds, a minority, wherever they are,

are ever ready for slaughter.

They yearn for a “Kurdistan”, but that doesn't matter:

it isn't a country, it hasn't border.

That said, Kurds, historically, are

fierce fighters and excellent allies.

Realists, too. When they're betrayed,

it never is a total surprise.

(That also applies to Donnie's wives.)

Betrayal is how Donnie does business.
It's his way of “keeping it real”.

Your back, his knife is how he does life.

A cut to the heart is his art of the deal.

[updated 10/9/2019, 1:55 pm]

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*After World War One and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the victorious Western allies made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 Treaty of Sevres. However, that promise was nullified three years later, when the Treaty of Lausanne set the boundaries of modern Turkey and made no such provision, leaving Kurds with minority status in their respective countries. This fact has led to numerous genocides and rebellions, along with the current ongoing armed guerrilla conflicts in Turkey, Iran, and Syria / Rojava. Although Kurds are the majority population in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, because of their statelessness, Kurdish nationalist movements continue to pursue greater cultural rights, autonomy, and independence throughout Greater Kurdistan. — Wikipedia