The majority of our readers are Anti Foreign Intervention. The same goes for our contributors; the majority, if not all. Without terms and conditions. We were against going into the Middle East when Bush was President. We’re also against Trump’s use of military strikes and sending more troops back into Iraq again. What sets us…
President Trump surprised his foreign policy experts (including those at the Pentagon), American elected officials, American citizens, and the Kurds when he announced a quick movement of the small number of US forces stationed on the border of Turkey and Syria with Kurdish forces. The case of Syria is extremely complex. Syria has been in…
Audrey Conklin Two U.S. jet fighters bombed an American military base in Syria on Wednesday to keep Turkey from taking control of the facility, the U.S. military said. The decision to conduct a pre-planned airstrike on the base formerly used to train U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters — LaFarge Cement Factory — came after Turkish fighters began…
Shelby Talcott The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria. The White House announced Oct. 6 that Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the U.S. would be clearing out of northern Syria. The news sparked bipartisan backlash because it allows Turkey to invade Syria and go after Kurdish…
Audrey Conklin Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that the country will only end its offensive in northern Syria if Kurdish fighters withdraw, Reuters reported. Vice President Mike Pence is set to visit Ankara Wednesday to “voice the United States’ commitment to reach an immediate ceasefire and the conditions for a negotiated settlement,” a Tuesday press…
Over the past week, Trump has made an anti-war, or at least ‘anti-endless war’ sentiment a central focus of his messaging. He’s talked about wasted American dollars and wasted American lives. He’s at least hinted at the possibility of troop withdrawals (as opposed to merely re-positioning troops within the countries they’re already deployed in). These…
Tulsi Gabbard’s response to Trump, Turkey, and the Syrian Kurds reads as follows: “Donald Trump isn’t removing our troops from Syria. He’s just moving them from the northern Syrian border, allowing Turkey to invade Syria & slaughter the Kurds. Trump lied to the Kurds, promising them our support while simultaneously preventing them from reconciling with…
November 4th, 1952. Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President of the United States. He had been a popular five star general and the first supreme commander of NATO. His Presidency saw movement on many things… the interstate highway system, the fledgling space race, civil rights, admitting both Alaska and Hawaii to the union, etc. But…
This morning Turkish military forces began an offensive incursion into north-east Syria, in an area controlled by Kurdish forces. The operation, named “Operation Peace Spring”, is said to be aimed at creating a “safe zone” along the Turkish border, ostensibly to house refugees from the Syrian conflict. According to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Turkish…
Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) seems to think that President Trump’s decision to withdraw from never-ending wars in the Middle East is a bad idea. On Wednesday night, the Texas representative took to both Twitter and Instagram to criticize Senator Rand Paul, saying that he was giving President Trump “bad advice.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BsuEOg7ncFa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link What was Crenshaw…