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red dog 1

(27,792 posts)
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 06:14 PM Dec 2018

4 Months After Threat To Seize Trump Towers Istanbul, Trump Gave In To Troop Withdrawal Demand

FOUR MONTHS AFTER THREAT TO SEIZE TRUMP TOWERS ISTANBUL, TRUMP GAVE IN TO TURKEY'S SYRIA TROOP PULLOUT DEMAND

Inquisitir.com
December 23, 2018


Donald Trump, according to a CNN investigative report published Sunday [Dec. 23], made his announcement that he would order a full withdrawal of the United States military forces from Syria after a phone call with Turkey's President Recep Erdogan, in which the Turkish strongman repeatedly peppered trump with what he said were reasons the U.S. troops should leave, prompting Trump to simply declare, "OK, it's all yours. We are done."

While Erdogan reportedly promised Trump that Turkish troops would "finish off" the ISIS fighters in the region. in fact, according to the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz," Erdogan's true motivation was to attack and subjugate the Kurdish population near the Turkish-Syrian border.

The Kurds there have been staunch U.S. allies in the war against ISIS and have scored many of the most significant battlefield victories against the terror group that had attempted to establish it's own Islamic "caliphate" within Syria.

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4 Months After Threat To Seize Trump Towers Istanbul, Trump Gave In To Troop Withdrawal Demand (Original Post) red dog 1 Dec 2018 OP
Another instance of trump's vulnerability to strong arm tactics and blackmail. brush Dec 2018 #1
And not one MSM Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #2
Exactly. It's obscene. stuffmatters Dec 2018 #3
My jaw dropped malaise Dec 2018 #4
And 2019 will be the year Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #5
+ 1 red dog 1 Jan 2019 #8
This alone is enough to indict him BSdetect Dec 2018 #6
Making a list: no_hypocrisy Dec 2018 #7
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. And not one MSM
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 06:33 PM
Dec 2018

source is talking about this. Most people asked this question when Trump mentioned the Turkey call,okay,his Hotel must be in trouble,if not,they were not paying attention.

red dog 1

(27,792 posts)
8. + 1
Tue Jan 1, 2019, 04:18 PM
Jan 2019

This story is being totally ignored by MSM, including so-called "progressive" news outlets such as HuffPo, The Nation Magazine, and others.

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