IN DEFENDING THE BETRAYAL OF THE KURDS, TRUMP IS SOUNDING CRAZIER THAN CRAZY BERNIE

Donald Trump hails five-day ceasefire deal in Syria as 'a great day for civilization' and boasts of 'incredible outcome' claiming 'great leader' Erdogan and the Kurds are happy - but Turkey hits back that they have only agreed to a PAUSE

Daily Mail
October 17, 2019

Donald Trump on Thursday hailed an agreement between the United States and Turkey for a five-day cease fire in Syria as a 'great day for civilization' as Turkish officials down played the outcome of the deal.

'A great day for the Kurds. It's really a great day for civilization. It's a great day for civilization,' Trump said.

'They're not going to have to kill millions of people, and millions of people aren't going to have to kill them,' he said.

The president gloried in the agreement on Thursday, calling Erdogan a 'hell of a leader.'
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Trump says he allowed Turkish and Kurdish forces to fight 'like two kids in a lot' before 'you pull them apart' - but the five-day ceasefire deal he hailed as a 'great day for civilization' has ALREADY been broken

Daily Mail
October 18, 2019

President Donald Trump said last night that he allowed Turkish and Kurdish forces to clash in deadly battle because the two sides were like children who needed to fight each other.
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'Dad stop the burning, I beg you': Horrifying footage reveals badly-burned Kurdish children in Syria amid claims Turkey is using banned weapons such as napalm and white phosphorus

Daily Mail
October 18, 2019

Distressing video and images captured in Syria before the ceasefire came into effect appears to show children with chemical weapons burns.

In a hospital in Tal Tamr, close to the city of Ras al-Ayn where the majority of the fighting has been taking place, a young boy was brought in with burns covering his body while screaming 'dad stop the burning'.

Chemical weapons experts said his injuries appear consistent with white phosphorous - an internationally banned weapon.

Meanwhile a medic in another hospital near the city said he has treated several children who have injuries that he believes were caused by napalm or a similar incendiary bomb.
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Trump insists that Kurdish allies are “very happy about the way things are going”

CBS News
October 18, 2019

President Trump insisted Friday that Kurdish allies who were being forced from northern Syria to avoid slaughter are "very happy about the way things are going," describing the already breached ceasefire brokered with Turkey like a business deal.

“It was a lot of, a lot of pain for a couple of days and sometimes you have to go through some pain before you can get a good solution, but the Kurds are very happy about it,” Mr. Trump said Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. “President Erdogan in Turkey is satisfied with it. And we are in a strong position.”

The president also said the U.S. has taken control of oil in the region, although it's unclear what he meant by that.

“We've taken control of the oil in the Middle East, the oil that we're talking about. The oil that everybody was worried about. We have, the U.S. has control of that,” he said.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Where does Trump get that ‘happy’ crap when the Kurds are driven from their long-held homes to make way for several million Arabs now living in Turkish refugee camps.

We’ve taken control of the oil? – Duh. We are in a strong position – Duh again. Our generals and most foreign affairs experts say the abandonment of the Kurds is a sign of weakness. But then Trump is smarter than all the generals.