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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 07:59 PM Oct 2019

Dispatched to Mideast, Pence says U.S. won't 'tolerate' Turkish attacks on Kurds

I can't even.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/dispatched-to-mideast-pence-says-u-s-wont-tolerate-turkish-attacks-on-kurds?fbclid=IwAR2qvfxDUl-mtquOuKKCT5Vd5a3YQHOBy_jvY9VETf27yt3R7TtcWR4b-Yc

Dispatched to Mideast, Pence says U.S. won’t ‘tolerate’ Turkish attacks on Kurds
World Oct 14, 2019 6:52 PM EDT


Vice President Mike Pence says he’s being dispatched to the Middle East by President Donald Trump as U.S. troops pull out of northeast Syria and Turkish forces invade.

Pence says Trump spoke with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier Monday and called for an immediate end to Turkey’s moves against the Kurds in Syria.

Pence says the president is “very concerned about instability in the region” and is denying that Trump gave Turkey the green light to launch the invasion when he announced a troop pullout.

Pence says the U.S. is “simply not going to tolerate Turkey’s invasion of Syria any longer.”


Trump has slapped new sanctions on Turkey to pressure the country to halt an invasion that has opened the door to a resurgence of the Islamic State group.

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SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
8. That's exactly where my mind went. But not a Ford, an Ivanka.
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 09:41 PM
Oct 2019

I could honestly seem him trying that, but Congress would shut that whole thing down. I hope.

sheshe2

(83,773 posts)
4. Hey, Mike.
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 08:05 PM
Oct 2019

Do you have one functioning braincell in that pale corpse like body you walk around in?

JHC! You think we are that stupid? We aren't your,maggots.

Botany

(70,508 posts)
5. Pence, "denying that Trump gave Turkey the green light to launch the invasion when ...
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 08:08 PM
Oct 2019

... he announced a troop pullout.

Pence says the U.S. is “simply not going to tolerate Turkey’s invasion of Syria any longer.”


*****
Hey Mike it is all on tape.

calguy

(5,311 posts)
6. Funny how he can say that with a straight face
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 08:15 PM
Oct 2019

Says they won't tolerate it while they're sitting there tolerating it for a week now. Real tough guys.

bdamomma

(63,852 posts)
7. Isn't too late
Mon Oct 14, 2019, 08:19 PM
Oct 2019

for this BS, we will never be trusted again. tRump gave Putin the best gift, to control the Middle East and we or out of the picture, our troops have been screwed and the Kurds being slaughtered.

MarcA

(2,195 posts)
11. Putin gives orders to Erdogan and Assad. Pence plays his role and
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 01:51 AM
Oct 2019

gets "credit" for "peace". drumph is going down, so Pence is being groomed
for 2020.

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