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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"We've already lost our reputation. We have abandoned an ally... ISIS prisoners [are escaping]"
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Pence going to Turkey to end what US military officials privately are describing as ethnic cleansing. "The United States of America is simply not going to tolerate Turkey's invasion of Syria any further. And we're calling on Syria to stand down to end the violence," and negotiate
Jennifer Griffin ✔ @JenGriffinFNC
Recently retired Army Maj Gen Malcolm Frost says it is too late: "The deed has been done. So what's happening is we've already lost our reputation. We have abandoned an ally, and thirdly, those ISIS prisoners are going to escape."
12:00 PM - Oct 15, 2019
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"We've already lost our reputation. We have abandoned an ally... ISIS prisoners [are escaping]" (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Ash Carter just
echoed the same minutes ago on Bloomberg. He predicts the resurgence in ISIS attempts to form their Caliphate.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)2. My understanding is that, that sack of puss Erdogan is using
jihadis as so called "shock troops" to do hi dirty work. Because we all know how reliable these fanatics are and how they would never turn on the idiots stupid enough to use them.....
tblue37
(65,490 posts)3. From the beginning Erdogan allowed ISIS recruits to freely cross the Turkey border. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)4. Right, and you would've thought that he'd pay attention to how
the turned on Assad. Who was pretty much doing the same thing for years.