Trump Accuses Kurds of Releasing ISIS Prisoners to Bait Him Back Into Syria

[demmiblue]

Source: The Daily Beast

President Trump has accused the Syrian Kurds—who, until last week, were America's most important allies in the fight against ISIS—of releasing ISIS prisoners in an attempt to bait him. In an attack on Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade, who has been sharply critical of Trump’s actions toward the Kurds, Trump denied his decision to withdraw troops from Syria could lead to an ISIS resurgence. In an apparent response to reports that hundreds of ISIS-related prisoners have escaped since Turkey invaded Syria last week, the president tweeted: “Europe had a chance to get their ISIS prisoners, but didn’t want the cost. ‘Let the USA pay,’ they said... Kurds may be releasing some to get us involved.” Trump said the escaped prisoners should be “easily recaptured” by Turkey or European nations, which he urged to “move quickly.” The New York Times reported Sunday that the U.S. had failed to transfer five-dozen “high-value” ISIS detainees out of Syria.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-accuses-kurds-of-releasing-isis-prisoners-to-bait-him-back-into-syria?via=twitter_page

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[Docreed2003]

1. Always passing the buck, never his fault...

So pathetic and predictable

[TEB]

5. Although

His approval ratings have increased amongst isis ranks.

[Docreed2003]

6. Fucking infuriating TEB...

[TEB]

7. Absolutely

[sinkingfeeling]

2. "It wasn't me!" Already laying blame on everyone else. I hate the POS!

[NCjack]

3. Why should the Kurds stay and guard the ISIS prisoners? And be

killed with "thanks suckers" by the Turks.

Amazing that Trump still has requirements of the Kurds.

[Vinca]

4. The stupidity makes your head ache. WTF does he think is going to happen?

[Botany]

8. Not one part of Trump's tweet is true.

ISIS members came from Europe and Turkey? No they came from Iraq and Syria because of
the power vacuum caused by bush and Cheney's unneeded war in Iraq. Can it be any more
clear that Trump is owned by Vlad?

Vinca

[brush]

18. So true. ISIS came about when Bremer/Bush dissolved the Iraqi army and the generals and colonels...

reconstituted it and took huge swathes of land very quickly. We screwed up royally in Iraq and now trump is following suit and screwing up just as royally in Syria. His every move benefits Putin, just as any Russian asset's should.

There was a post last week of a summit meeting in the Middle East with Rhouhani, Erdogan and Putin where they decided what to do in northern Syria against the Kurds. It was literally decided then the fate of the Kurds and trump was told later what his instructions should be about the American troops there. I'm guessing the recent phone call he had with Erdogan, on which I'm sure he was reminded of what a nice hotel he had in Istanbul and it would be a shame if something happened to it, and btw, Putin and I want you to pull the American troops out of northern Syria. Any questions?

[Botany]

19. I remember when France tried to warn bush & Cheney prior to their invasion of Iraq of the ...

... unknown "blow back" that would happen if we destabilized the middle east with their war
to look for WMDs that were not there and links to 9/11 that were not there too and what did
we get? "Freedom Fries."

[colorado_ufo]

28. Terrific post; you pulled it all together.

Rachel should hit on this.

[brush]

29. Thank you.

[LeftInTX]

24. He's talking about the Europeans who left their countries to join ISIS

I don't know how many there were......And what percentage they composed of ISIS and how many returned home.

However, they made the news.....and I'm sure they were on Fox News.

Maybe they traveled to Syria via Turkey??

He's always complaining that Europe won't take them back...
This is about Trump's continuing feud with Europe.

As usual Trump is not articulate.

Of course this isn't the real problem because ISIS members were detained by the Kurds with support from us. I agree this isn't the most secure setup, but my hunch Trump didn't even think about this when he placated to Erdogan.



I wish I could find the original ISIS recruitment video. Damn it was slick and it looked like a video from the travel bureau of Syria..LOL. It basically had this message, "Come to Syria and feel the love". It was filmed in a green oasis.

https://www.vox.com/videos/2015/7/6/8886461/isis-videos-burning

[Botany]

25. Yes but the birth of ISIS was from w bush and Bremmer sending the Iraqi Army home ....

... they became Al Qaeda in Iraq which morphed into ISIS. ISIS has some international recruits but
the vast majority of it was and is mad up of Iraqis and Syrians.

[LeftInTX]

27. I know

He just wants to get back at Europe and deflect from the real problem

[Botany]

30. Yup!

"... and deflect from the real problem." That he created.

He is so out of his depth it isn't funny. On 10/4 Trump honest to God said,
"Poland is a country."

[onenote]

32. It has been estimated that several thousand of the ISIS detainees in Kurdish controlled Syria are

European nationals.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Talk to Turkey; they bombarbed the detention camp. . . . nt

[still_one]

11. I guess it never occurred to the POS that perhaps the US should have taken control over those

prisoners first

[roamer65]

12. Lies.

Any thing that comes out of his butthole like mouth is a lie.

[flibbitygiblets]

13. Another morning spent watching the teevee apparently

Sounds like the plan is to pressure Faux into getting rid of anyone who displeases Fat Nixon.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Trump is running away so fast that

U.S. Forces Leave 'High-Value' ISIS Detainees

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212579959

[zanana1]

16. That cartoon is right on.

"A picture is worth a thousand words".

[zanana1]

15. He needs a war to bolster his ratings.

With all the impeachment talk, he's desperate to divert our attention.

[Shrike47]

17. I note he claims Europe didn't intervene due to the cost. Everything is money to him. No principles

[TheBlackAdder]

20. Traitor Trump, I guess those Shithole Country People play better 3-Dimensional Chess than you do.

[rogue emissary]

21. I can't believe , I kinda agree with Donny.

So say he's right and they are releasing them to get the U.S. involved.

What does it say that he still doesn't care about our security to go back or stop the withdrawal?

I don't blame the Kurds if they are releasing these prisoners. They're fighting for their lives.

[brush]

31. I can't believe you missed the whole point. If trump hadn't pulled our troops out the ISIS...

terrorists would still be in prison. See post number 18.

[machoneman]

23. Sadly, this means our forces will continue to leave the Kurds to a terrible fate.

Gosh, it's time for the Pentagon to refuse his orders and stand up for American pride, even if the means a coup takes place. I swear this needs to happen NOW!

[DallasNE]

26. Trump Is Jumping To All Kinds Of Conclusions Not Supported By Fact

Nothing new there. The film I saw was the ISIS camp being bombed by artillery from Turkey and people running to keep from getting blown up by Turkey's bombardment. Why would Turkey shell a prison camp? Will ISIS stay put in Syria? I doubt it.

[EgullIsCU]

33. So sorry

Evangelicals. Looks like Trump just canceled your "Holy War" and declared the other side the winner.