Trump wants troops out of northern Syria, says Robert F Kennedy Jr (www.middleeasteye.net)

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Donald Trump wants to remove US troops from northern Syria rather than leaving them as "cannon fodder" if fighting broke out between Turkey and Kurdish fighters, Robert F Kennedy Jr said on Wednesday.

Speaking to Tucker Carlson during a live broadcast covering the US presidential election result, the Trump ally, who is expected to play a major role in his government, said the president-elect had expressed his intentions for northern Syria during a plane journey.

"We were talking about the Middle East, and he took a piece of paper and he drew on it [a] map of the Middle East with all the nations on it, which most Americans couldn't do," he told the right-wing broadcaster.

"He was he was particularly looking at the border between Syria and Turkey, and he said, 'We have 500 men on the border of of Syria and Turkey and a little encampment that was bombed.'"

Kennedy said Trump told him there were 750,000 troops in Turkey and 250,000 in Syria

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[-] Furball@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well… not if you are Kurdish or Christian. The SDF (currently protected by America) is the only faction in Syria which respects minorities.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

The U.S. has never done anything that wasn't serving our own interests. I highly doubt they care even in passing about what they do to their citizens. Well, maybe some of the soldiers care bcz they have empathy, but international geopolitics doesn't have empathy.

[-] Furball@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Of course the US is only protecting its own interests, but still, the SDF collapsing would be devastating to the people it protects

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Aren't these rebels basically ex Al Qaeda and ISIS?

[-] Furball@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

That’s HTS, SDF are leftists

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Some leftists, if they're stealing Syrian oil and doing the US' bidding in exchange for weapons.

It's not the first time the US has used "socialist" organizations to try and undermine states' rights to self determination

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Or if you’re there to keep the oil. The US isn’t interested in “protecting” anyone but its capitalist class’ imperialist interests, because the US is an oligarchy, and it always was

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