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demmiblue

(36,712 posts)
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 07:32 AM Oct 2019

Trump Releases $50 Million in Aid to Syria After U.S. Troop Withdrawal

Source: The Daily Beast

President Trump has released $50 million in aid to Syria to “protect persecuted ethnic and religious minorities, and advance human rights,” according a statement issued by the White House on Saturday. “This funding will provide emergency financial assistance to Syrian human rights defenders, civil society organizations, and reconciliation efforts directly supporting ethnic and religious minority victims of the conflict,” reads the statement, issued just days after Trump withdrew American troops from northern Syria, leaving Kurdish allies in the region unprotected from an incoming Turkish attack. The withdrawal has reportedly put U.S. troops stationed in Syria in a holding pattern, leaving the Kurds to defend themselves against Turkey, a NATO member, and manage thousands of captured ISIS fighters. “We hope regional and international partners will continue their contributions as well,” reads the Saturday statement. “Ensuring the freedom and safety of ethnic and religious minorities remains a top priority for this Administration.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-releases-dollar50-million-in-aid-to-syria-after-us-troop-withdrawal





"Ensuring the freedom and safety of ethnic and religious minorities remains a top priority for this Administration." FFS
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Trump Releases $50 Million in Aid to Syria After U.S. Troop Withdrawal (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2019 OP
Fuck this guy, seriously. Fuck that fucking monster. Afromania Oct 2019 #1
So the money goes to the Syrian "government"?? oldsoftie Oct 2019 #2
The same Syrian gov't that our ex-allies were fighting against? keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #6
The article kind of vague. I would think it would be blasted by Congress if it were the case oldsoftie Oct 2019 #7
The flakiest foreign policy this country's ever seen. C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #3
His handlers keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #13
It really sux for the world to have a Russian Asset alittlelark Oct 2019 #4
Wonder where Assad is building his new mansion. Vinca Oct 2019 #5
"Do me a favor" PSPS Oct 2019 #8
Yup. orangecrush Oct 2019 #10
I wonder whose pocket that will end up in. kacekwl Oct 2019 #9
The usual pattern is a purchase of a trump condo PSPS Oct 2019 #11
I would really like to know who this money is going to The Liberal Lion Oct 2019 #12
It'll proabably end up in a back pocket of some corrupt official Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #14
Can't this be considered bluestarone Oct 2019 #15

Afromania

(2,764 posts)
1. Fuck this guy, seriously. Fuck that fucking monster.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 07:40 AM
Oct 2019

We're going to have to go to war to protect them after what this fuck did aren't we? There isn't a jail big enough to hold all the people who do, and will, have blood on their hands behind this bullshit.

keithbvadu2

(36,305 posts)
6. The same Syrian gov't that our ex-allies were fighting against?
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 07:56 AM
Oct 2019

The same Syrian gov't that our ex-allies were fighting against?

The same Syrian gov't that Putin supports?

C_U_L8R

(44,872 posts)
3. The flakiest foreign policy this country's ever seen.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 07:43 AM
Oct 2019

Trump is a complete nincompoop and it's costing people their lives and wellbeing

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