trumpo threatening the Kurds now

[SamuelTheThird]

“Trump was clear in his call” Sunday to PUK leader Bafel Talabani. “He told us the Kurds must choose a side in this battle — either with America and Israel or with Iran,” said the official, one of several Kurdish and U.S. officials who discussed sensitive matters on the condition of anonymity.

Link to tweet

[Blues Heron]

1. That'll win them over for sure

[GCG]

2. It's called "Cannon Fodder"

Trump wants to use the Kurds as cannon fodder...because he knows that if he puts American boots on the ground in Iran...he's FUCKED!!!

[oasis]

6. Yup, "Your people's boots on the ground"

[DFW]

3. What a brilliant strategy!

Antagonize the last major ethnic group in the region that was friendly with us.

Trump probably wants posters made for the Department of the Interior with Smokey the Bear holding a lit match, saying, “Only YOU can start forest fires!”

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Emphasis on "was". Trmp shafted the Kurds before. You can be sure they haven't forgotten. nt

[DFW]

7. They must be used to it by now

After all, everyone else has shafted them. There is a reason that no map in the world shows the country of Kurdistan (rož baž).

[eppur_se_muova]

8. This was too recent and too costly. Trmp just abandoned them on the field of battle.

Jane Ferguson:

U.S. forces left the Northeast Syrian town of Tall Tamr under the cover of darkness. But protesters with signs blocked the convoys.

One read, "Thanks for U.S. people, but Trump betrayed us." {THEY KNOW!}

In the Kurdish held-town of Qamishli on the Turkish border, residents hurled potatoes. As they follow the president's orders and drive away, America's troops are leaving behind men they fought side by side with against ISIS.

This weekend, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said most of the 1,000 troops leaving Northeast Syria are headed to Iraq to press the fight against remnants of ISIS. That came despite a tweet from President Trump saying he was -- quote -- "bringing soldiers home."

Today, he added some U.S. forces will stay in Syria to protect Kurdish-held oil fields from ISIS and to fight ISIS.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-betrayed-us-fleeing-kurds-condemn-u-s-decision-to-leave-syria

[eppur_se_muova]

4. "We're on OUR side -- the rest of you can fuck right off." nt

[vanessa_ca]

9. CIA Caught In Iran Invasion PSYOP (video)

[Redleg]

10. What a tough guy Trump is...

... at least in the eyes of the MAGA base. This shows how pathetic they are if they believe Trump is tough, strong, or any kind of real leader.

[Prairie Gates]

11. You can run at the Iranian guns or we can bomb your towns and villages to rubble

Your choice.

The IDF/MAGAs are really going full Eastern Front Commissar now, huh?