Chris Spangle, Harry Price, and Rhinehold discuss Trump's recent decision to shift troops in Syria to allow Turkey to invade Kurdish territory in Syria. Who are the Kurds? Was this a betrayal of a faithful ally? Is Trump acting without correctly? Are we pulling out of Syria? We answer all of these questions.
Show Notes
https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Kurds.pdf
Time Stamps
00:14:07 - Overview of the Turk-Kurd Situation
00:41:57 - Who are the Kurds?
00:57:06 - Kurds and ISIS
01:05:06 - Trump Pulls Out
01:44:47 - Where are we now?
Companion Episodes
357: War with Iran - https://wal.fireside.fm/586
203: Serious about Syrians - https://wal.fireside.fm/268
CSS 13: More Misery in Syria - https://wal.fireside.fm/661
281: Syria, FBI Raid, Knife Control - https://wal.fireside.fm/389
329: Why World War I Still Matters - https://wal.fireside.fm/474
372: A Theory of the Kennedy Assassination - https://wal.fireside.fm/619
Articles
US troops believe Turkey deliberately fired artillery at an American commando outpost in Syria - https://www.militarytimes.com/2019/10/13/us-troops-believe-turkey-deliberately-fired-artillery-at-an-american-commando-outpost-in-syria/
US troops believe Turkey deliberately fired artillery at an American commando outpost in Syria - https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/kurdish-syrian-turkish-ironies/
Turkey and the Kurds: It’s More Complicated Than You Think - https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/turkey-and-the-kurds-its-more-complicated-than-you-think/
Another Interventionist “Success” Story - https://www.fff.org/2019/10/15/another-interventionist-success-story/
Trump Changes His Mind About Turkey and Hopes Steel Tariffs Will Stop the Slaughter - https://reason.com/2019/10/15/trump-changes-his-mind-about-turkey-and-hopes-steel-tariffs-will-stop-the-slaughter/
This Time the Yanks Are Deadly Serious - https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/this-time-the-yanks-are-deadly-serious/
Is Trump At Last Ending Our ‘Endless Wars’? - https://buchanan.org/blog/is-trump-at-last-ending-our-endless-wars-137583
Is the Interventionists’ Era Over for Good? - https://buchanan.org/blog/is-the-interventionists-era-over-for-good-137617
Is the U.S. Betraying Its Kurdish Allies? - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/podcasts/the-daily/trump-turkey-kurds-syria.html?
The Story of a Kurdish General - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/podcasts/the-daily/kurds-syria-turkey-ISIS.html
Tom Woods Ep. 1510 Syria, Trump, and the Kurds: Scott Horton Tells the Story - https://tomwoods.com/ep-1510-syria-trump-and-the-kurds-scott-horton-tells-the-story/
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