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Message Subject Erdogan announced an operation in Syria east of the Euphrates in the coming days
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and this prompted the US pull out.
 Quoting: MissCleo


Turkey has been massing troops along the border for a couple of weeks threatening to attack the Kurds in Syria. Last week Trump cut a deal to sell Turkey the Patriot missle defense system for 3.5 billion dollars. This week he announced the US will be withdrawing its troops that have fighting along side the Kurds. The Kurds were the ground troops, the US provided air support and artillary strikes.

The Kurds are holding at least 700 Isis fighters prisoners. There is still a small pocket of Isis fighters left in Syria. Northern Syria is oil rich. When Isis occupied this land, they were making money off the oil to fund their operations.

This article gives a much broader view on the matter:

[link to www.bloomberg.com (secure)]

Sec. Mattis resigned because he could not obey the commander in chief's order to leave the Kurds, who have fought so bravely with US soldiers, stranded for annihilation by Turkey. God only knows what would happen if Turkey were to take over that part of Syria. Right now Turkey has control over entry into the Black sea from the Mediterranean then to Crimea. Turkey is part of NATO. US forces would once again have to send troops into the area this time going against a much bigger enemy with major loss of American lives.

Almost 7000 Kurdish YPG have been killed in Syria. That number probably goes back to 2011. I can't find stats on how many US soldiers have been killed in Syria. All I see is 3 so far.
 
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