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Donald Trump got "rolled" by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek.

In a scheduled phone call on Sunday afternoon between President Trump and President Erdogan, Trump said he would withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria. The phone call was scheduled after Turkey announced it was planning to invade Syria, and hours after Erdogan reinforced his army units at the Syrian-Turkish border and issued his strongest threat to launch a military incursion, according to the National Security Council official to whom Newsweek spoke on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. withdrawal plays into the hands of the Islamic State group, Damascus and Moscow, and the announcement left Trump's own Defense Department "completely stunned," said Pentagon officials. Turkey, like the United States, wants regime change in Syria. Russia and Iran support the Assad regime.

"President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting something—but we are not getting something," the National Security Council source told Newsweek. "The U.S. national security has entered a state of increased danger for decades to come because the president has no spine and that's the bottom line."
Newsweek granted the National Security Council official anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The source said it would not be surprising to see a Turkish incursion in the next 24 to 96 hours.

Mark wrote:If members of congress want a war with Turkey, Syria, or anybody else, they need to hold a vote and declare it. That's how our system works. All wars are declared by congress.

The job of the Commander in Chief is to execute the war.

planosteve wrote:

Mark wrote:If members of congress want a war with Turkey, Syria, or anybody else, they need to hold a vote and declare it. That's how our system works. All wars are declared by congress.

The job of the Commander in Chief is to execute the war.

He's not starting a war, he's leaving one. But, the Commander in Chief is actually a dictator in foreign policy that can do whatever the hell he wants.

GFB wrote:Year after year, Planosteve screams for an end to endless foreign wars.

..goes on and on about the problems we create in Syria..and why we must leave.

Trump comes along..actually does it..and now he says Trump got rolled.

planosteve wrote:

GFB wrote:Year after year, Planosteve screams for an end to endless foreign wars.

..goes on and on about the problems we create in Syria..and why we must leave.

Trump comes along..actually does it..and now he says Trump got rolled.

No, Trump said he was going to do it. That ended when he was elected. It was his shtick. Instead, he went sword dancing with the camel humpers and schmoozing with Nutjob Yahoo and his apartheid state.

GFB wrote:

planosteve wrote:

GFB wrote:Year after year, Planosteve screams for an end to endless foreign wars.

..goes on and on about the problems we create in Syria..and why we must leave.

Trump comes along..actually does it..and now he says Trump got rolled.

No, Trump said he was going to do it. That ended when he was elected. It was his shtick. Instead, he went sword dancing with the camel humpers and schmoozing with Nutjob Yahoo and his apartheid state.

Nice deflection peppered with racism and anti Semitism.

Trump is doing what you and that phoney baloney “Lilly” wanted all along.

Classic TDS.

Why don’t you just thank him and declare victory.

planosteve wrote:

GFB wrote:

planosteve wrote:No, Trump said he was going to do it. That ended when he was elected. It was his shtick. Instead, he went sword dancing with the camel humpers and schmoozing with Nutjob Yahoo and his apartheid state.

Nice deflection peppered with racism and anti Semitism.

Trump is doing what you and that phoney baloney “Lilly” wanted all along.

Classic TDS.

Why don’t you just thank him and declare victory.

"Racism"? What race are you referring to?
I'm not complaining about what he is doing. What is appalling is that he totally reversed US policy that has been in effect for years without consulting anyone. At a time that he's being impeached! And what is "phony baloney" about Lilly who lives in Latakia, Syria?

grouchy wrote:Mr Trump has screwed our allies. Major mistake.

glenn/dallas wrote:

grouchy wrote:Mr Trump has screwed our allies. Major mistake.

and all of our Allies have been so supportative of the USA in the past, right ?

planosteve wrote:I don't know whether failure to support the Kurds is a good thing or not. But, using that the excuse that they didn't storm the beach in Normandy is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard anyone say.

GFB wrote:

planosteve wrote:I don't know whether failure to support the Kurds is a good thing or not. But, using that the excuse that they didn't storm the beach in Normandy is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard anyone say.

It wasn’t an excuse.

It was a reminder of how our allies got to be allies..and for some all around perspective about why some things matter..and some things don’t.

GFB wrote:Trump’s doing the right thing in Syria..getting the hell out and letting all the scummy factions kill each other.

It’s what they’ve done for centuries.

Sunnis, Shiites, and many miscellaneous terrorists can now go back to doing what they do best..slaughter each other.

No reason to be anywhere near any of that.

"..and no the Kurds are not our allies."

We went to help them kill Isis..because Isis fighters needed to be dead..the Kurds were already fighting them.

We beat Isis..now we should get the hell out..we have no reason to side with anyone over there.

planosteve wrote:

GFB wrote:

planosteve wrote:I don't know whether failure to support the Kurds is a good thing or not. But, using that the excuse that they didn't storm the beach in Normandy is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard anyone say.

It wasn’t an excuse.

It was a reminder of how our allies got to be allies..and for some all around perspective about why some things matter..and some things don’t.

Our allies were countries. Kurdistan is a region in a number of countries. It has no government and is not a country. So, it could never be an "allie".