Steve James wrote:Naw, they just know that what Trump does is not representative of the US.
He does not represent the people who elected him to hold the office?
By holding the office he does represent all the peoples of the US regardless of whether they voted for him or not.
The official explained that Trump’s decision to move the special operators out of the zone of a potential Turkish operation was done to protect troops and keep them out of the crossfire.
Those troops are moving to more secure areas over the next several days, the official said.
https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoin ... esurgence/
Keeping the US from getting more involved, is in the best interest of the US in the long run.
What is happening now was always an option, understanding possible scenarios that may arise from it
have been mapped out, weighted against other alternatives.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threats were a warning that a U.S.-Turkish deal to secure Syria’s troubled border with Turkey was faltering. He said a Turkish military operation against the U.S-backed Kurdish forces could begin “maybe today, maybe tomorrow.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2019/10/06/turkey-threatens-military-operation-into-syria-against-american-backed-kurdish-forces/The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said it is committed to the agreement between Turkey and the U.S. to preserve stability in the region.
“However, we will not hesitate to turn any unprovoked attack by Turkey into an all-out war on the entire border to DEFEND ourselves and our people,” SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali tweeted Saturday.
Turkey views the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has waged an insurgency against Turkey for 35 years.
Short of direct military action against a NATO member
with
Incirlik Air Base has a U.S. Air Force complement of about five thousand airmen, with several hundred airmen from the Royal Air Force and Turkish Air Force also present, as of late 2002. The primary unit stationed at Incirlik Air Base is the 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) of the U.S. Air Force. Incirlik Air Base has one 3,048 m (10,000 ft)-long runway,[6][7] located among about 57 hardened aircraft shelters. Tactical nuclear weapons are stored at the base.[8]
The US has no really good options in line with its long term interest.
At some point the US may have to decide how important strategically is it to keep maintaining
the air base and keep tactical nukes there.