How many Kurds did Trump airlift out when he yanked the troops out of Syria in 2019?

[LaMouffette]

Zero, to the best of my knowledge (and googling skills just now). President Biden has evacuated over 28,000 people out of Afghanistan so far. He could have pulled a Trump and just gotten the troops out of there. But he didn't. He's trying to make the best of a horrific situation. He's trying to do the right thing, like he always does.

Why the difference in the two presidents' troop withdrawals? Because Joe Biden has a heart and a soul and Trump has neither.

[UTUSN]

1. K&R

[onecaliberal]

2. Vapid money grubbing evil. The press and their "god"

[joetheman]

3. Or how many were left on the battle field? nt

[Budi]

4. Thank you. The fawning & sheltering of Donald Trump is repulsive.

Media an embarrasing stain on the USA & MSM has lost all credibility.

I will never believe American media again.

[WarGamer]

14. They wouldn't leave

And the Peshmerga are STILL fighting with US soldiers in Iraq... Most of "Kurdistan" is in Iraq.

Trump pulled US forces away from the Turkish border region.

[LaMouffette]

19. We will never regain their trust again. In individual US soldiers, yes, but not in the US government

[LaMouffette]

17. Excellent idea! I know I never felt more angry and ashamed to have Trump as our

president than I was at that disgraceful moment. I wish we could get the Kurd fighters to safety to try to right that wrong.

[Desert_Leslie]

6. Zero

I simply detest the Orange Stain for leaving the Kurds behind. I was so ticked I put a sign on my car saying "American Does Not Leave Anyone Behind. Call your Congressman NOW!!!"

[pazzyanne]

9. + 1

"American Does Not Leave Anyone Behind." I have never been as angry with tfg than I was when he abandoned the Kurds.

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. Thank you thank you thank you.

Bothsiderism crushed yet again.

[IronLionZion]

10. He didn't do much to stop our Turkish allies from murdering them either. nt

[argyl]

11. Great fighters who believed in us. And we left them in the lurch.

But Erdogan was pleased. Guess that's the important thing.

[FuzzyRabbit]

12. I'll bet Putin was happy also.

[argyl]

15. Yep.

[NH Ethylene]

13. Thank-you.

The Kurds were fighting as hard as they could, and Trump just hung them out to dry. The press lingered on this - until the next Trump atrocity captured their attention.

But Biden did what nobody else had the cojones to do and it's being wrung out for every drop of drama and condemnation that is possible. I expect Benghazi-like hearings over this.

[Kaleva]

16. I don't recall there being thousands of Syrian Kurds wanting to leave their homeland

[LaMouffette]

18. Maybe if they had been offered that opportunity, but you're right. They may certainly have not

wanted to leave their homeland. We'll never know now.