Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

[Tgo01]

Turkey has agreed to give the Kurds 5 days to flee the area in exchange for no US sanctions or tariffs.

Does Trump now get credit for saving the Kurds or...I’m guessing not.

In case those of you who are unaware of why Turkey has been wanting to do this for months now: they have millions of Syrian refugees living in their country and they wanted to create a “safe zone” in Syria along their border so those Syrians could move back to their country.

The Kurds had months to withdraw before hand but like Trump said everyone (Kurds and Europe and others) just expected the US to do everything as usual.

What is the problem with Turkey overseeing a safe zone in Syria for Syrians? If we are just assuming Turkey is so evil they can’t be trusted with anything then why are they even still in NATO?

[Tgo01]

Turkey has agreed to give the Kurds 5 days to flee the area in exchange for no US sanctions or tariffs.

Does Trump now get credit for saving the Kurds or...I’m guessing not.

In case those of you who are unaware of why Turkey has been wanting to do this for months now: they have millions of Syrian refugees living in their country and they wanted to create a “safe zone” in Syria along their border so those Syrians could move back to their country.

The Kurds had months to withdraw before hand but like Trump said everyone (Kurds and Europe and others) just expected the US to do everything as usual.

What is the problem with Turkey overseeing a safe zone in Syria for Syrians? If we are just assuming Turkey is so evil they can’t be trusted with anything then why are they even still in NATO?

To recap all of this shit:

A civil war breaks out in Syria.
Syrian refugees flee to Turkey by the millions.
Turkey is like "Hey Europe, wanna help with these refugees?" Europe is like "LOL! No thanks! They're all brown like your country is so they can stay there!"
Turkey is like fine, we'll setup a safe space in Syria so the refugees can go back home.
Kurds are like "LOL! No thanks, we like living on your border, we got US troops here so you can't do shit!"
Turkey is like "Hey US, we want to set up a safe space along the Syrian border so Syrian refugees can go back home."
US is like okay we'll withdraw our troops but don't be committing atrocities.
The Kurds are like "Fuck that shit, we'll fight before we run!"
A couple of days later Kurds are like "Okay we'll run!"
US gets Turkey to give the Kurds 5 days to flee.

And somehow in all of this Trump is the bad guy here? What am I missing? Can someone just please point out exactly how Trump is the bad guy here? The Kurds knew what Turkey wanted to do for months and they insisted on using US troops as a shield against a possible incursion from Turkey, an incursion Turkey only wanted to do because their country was flooded with millions of refuges.

[drauz]

To recap all of this shit:

A civil war breaks out in Syria.
Syrian refugees flee to Turkey by the millions.
Turkey is like "Hey Europe, wanna help with these refugees?" Europe is like "LOL! No thanks! They're all brown like your country is so they can stay there!"
Turkey is like fine, we'll setup a safe space in Syria so the refugees can go back home.
Kurds are like "LOL! No thanks, we like living on your border, we got US troops here so you can't do shit!"
Turkey is like "Hey US, we want to set up a safe space along the Syrian border so Syrian refugees can go back home."
US is like okay we'll withdraw our troops but don't be committing atrocities.
The Kurds are like "Fuck that shit, we'll fight before we run!"
A couple of days later Kurds are like "Okay we'll run!"
US gets Turkey to give the Kurds 5 days to flee.

And somehow in all of this Trump is the bad guy here? What am I missing? Can someone just please point out exactly how Trump is the bad guy here? The Kurds knew what Turkey wanted to do for months and they insisted on using US troops as a shield against a possible incursion from Turkey, an incursion Turkey only wanted to do because their country was flooded with millions of refuges.

At the least he could have negotiated for those 5 days from the start, not just flipping a switch and saying LOL good luck.

[Tgo01]

At the least he could have negotiated for those 5 days from the start, not just flipping a switch and saying LOL good luck.

The Kurds didn't want to leave then, they wanted to fight. It took a couple of days to remove US forces from the area, the Kurds could have started leaving at that point.

[drauz]

The Kurds didn't want to leave then, they wanted to fight. It took a couple of days to remove US forces from the area, the Kurds could have started leaving at that point.

They probably weren't able to just burn whatever they couldn't immediately take, like we did.

[Alfster]

Mexico broke out into basically a civil war within the last couple of hours. It's fucked. El chapos kids taken into custody which has led to the cartels swarming. I've seen footage of at least two Mexican military helicopters shot down.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Seth_Guil...95364509667328


Don't click this link.


https://mobile.twitter.com/CuervoMon...18074891423744

[Gelston]

Mexico broke out into basically a civil war within the last couple of hours. It's fucked. El chapos kids taken into custody which has led to the cartels swarming. I've seen footage of at least two Mexican military helicopters shot down.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Seth_Guil...95364509667328


Don't click this link.


https://mobile.twitter.com/CuervoMon...18074891423744

I remember when I was in Afghan, we had a Dutch OMLT guy with us when we took the ANA out. We were talking about Mexico, and this was back in 2010 even, and he basically said "Wow, you have an Afghanistan on your border."

[Neveragain]

Mexico broke out into basically a civil war within the last couple of hours. It's fucked. El chapos kids taken into custody which has led to the cartels swarming. I've seen footage of at least two Mexican military helicopters shot down.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Seth_Guil...95364509667328


Don't click this link.


https://mobile.twitter.com/CuervoMon...18074891423744

Sooo...is there a crisis at the border or is this still a made up crisis?

P.S. People should click that link, that way they know exactly what we're dealing with.

[Methais]

Mexico broke out into basically a civil war within the last couple of hours. It's fucked. El chapos kids taken into custody which has led to the cartels swarming. I've seen footage of at least two Mexican military helicopters shot down.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Seth_Guil...95364509667328


Don't click this link.


https://mobile.twitter.com/CuervoMon...18074891423744

*clicks link*

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Venezuela is now part of the UN human rights council. This is why the UN is a fucking joke.