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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 06:52 AM Oct 2019

US SpecOps forces jeered in Syria: "America liar! Fuck Turkish! Fuck America!"



Julian Röpcke ✔ @JulianRoepcke

“America liar! Fuck Turkish! Fuck America!”
Great job, @realDonaldTrump.


Rudaw English ✔ @RudawEnglish

#Kurdish residents in the city of Qamishli block the path of the American forces withdrawing from northern #Syria and throw tomatoes at them following President Trump's order for the #US soldiers to retreat from the region - ANHA

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5:56 AM - Oct 21, 2019




Malcolm Nance ✔ @MalcolmNance

Here is the video you feared would come. US SOF treated like traitors. #TrumpBetrayedOurAllies

Julian Röpcke ✔ @JulianRoepcke

“America liar! Fuck Turkish! Fuck America!”
Great job, @realDonaldTrump.


6:25 AM - Oct 21, 2019
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US SpecOps forces jeered in Syria: "America liar! Fuck Turkish! Fuck America!" (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 OP
Maggot MFM008 Oct 2019 #1
Lovely. What a POS Trump the traitor is. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #2
I guess this is another business Trump killed off! TheBlackAdder Oct 2019 #32
#ETTD (Everything Trump touches dies) dewsgirl Oct 2019 #34
I really hate those.... paleotn Oct 2019 #40
I was just in a Twitter thread about this, there were dewsgirl Oct 2019 #3
Ivan needs to be reminded of this... paleotn Oct 2019 #30
There is a paywall, I read the top. Did this happen in 2018? dewsgirl Oct 2019 #33
Sorry about that... paleotn Oct 2019 #37
I think I remember hearing something about this. I had no dewsgirl Oct 2019 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn Oct 2019 #35
Sadly - just the beginning of much more anger towards US to come Pachamama Oct 2019 #4
Treasonous bastard gademocrat7 Oct 2019 #5
Impeach that POS Trump democrank Oct 2019 #6
THIS!!!!! 2naSalit Oct 2019 #26
If this were a Democratic president gab13by13 Oct 2019 #7
Doesn't fit the stereotype TheFarseer Oct 2019 #8
More like he's BLOWN the budget. calimary Oct 2019 #15
He increased the budget for the military, pazzyanne Oct 2019 #18
And probably all those trips 2naSalit Oct 2019 #27
Instead, we get footage of Trump saying how happy the Kurds are with his fabulous deal gratuitous Oct 2019 #20
None or very little Kaiserguy Oct 2019 #23
Putin is smiling--his bitch is doing great things RainCaster Oct 2019 #9
I made the mistake of googling Rusty Trombone Danascot Oct 2019 #11
I just did too. Won't be able to unread that one. calimary Oct 2019 #17
It's what he's been doing for Putin RainCaster Oct 2019 #25
Syria mission accomplished - Putin keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #36
That makes me ashamed. Like when we left people trying sinkingfeeling Oct 2019 #10
Yeah, I was there. I remember it. It reminded me of this too. Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #29
This is already a goddamn catastrophe, ramen Oct 2019 #12
The respect for america il douche promised to being back rpannier Oct 2019 #13
Trump supporters ARE YOU PROUD now. This is "MAGA" as seen by the Kurds. usaf-vet Oct 2019 #14
This is so sad in so many ways Think-b4-U-act Oct 2019 #16
A whole new class of people to hate us. gibraltar72 Oct 2019 #19
What do Americans expect after our actions there ? This is us now. lunasun Oct 2019 #21
I'm old enough to remember when repubs would have called this: Blue_Tires Oct 2019 #22
Now when anyone cuts and runs Kaiserguy Oct 2019 #24
What else should we expect? Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #28
I see one hell of a campaign ad.... paleotn Oct 2019 #31
A letter to Kurdish soldiers from a US military wife keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #38
The Cut and Run President dalton99a Oct 2019 #39
Trump's Yellow line down his back... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #41

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
40. I really hate those....
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 10:23 AM
Oct 2019

Sure sign one isn't much of student of history. Yes, we do run. Sometimes out of cowardice. Sometimes because it's the only sensible option. The whole idea smacks of Hitler's "not one step back" which ended up with Germans unnecessarily dead.

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
37. Sorry about that...
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 10:08 AM
Oct 2019

Here's the gist of the article....


New York Times

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff

May 24, 2018

WASHINGTON — The artillery barrage was so intense that the American commandos dived into foxholes for protection, emerging covered in flying dirt and debris to fire back at a column of tanks advancing under the heavy shelling. It was the opening salvo in a nearly four-hour assault in February by around 500 pro-Syrian government forces — including Russian mercenaries — that threatened to inflame already-simmering tensions between Washington and Moscow.

In the end, 200 to 300 of the attacking fighters were killed. The others retreated under merciless airstrikes from the United States, returning later to retrieve their battlefield dead. None of the Americans at the small outpost in eastern Syria — about 40 by the end of the firefight — were harmed.


Case of mistaken identity....we think.

Response to paleotn (Reply #30)

gab13by13

(21,304 posts)
7. If this were a Democratic president
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 07:33 AM
Oct 2019

cable news would be showing this video 24/7. Let's see how much coverage this gets.

TheFarseer

(9,322 posts)
8. Doesn't fit the stereotype
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 07:40 AM
Oct 2019

So they don't know what to do. I mean, Trump is obviously strong on defense because he increased the budget so much, right? Right?

calimary

(81,220 posts)
15. More like he's BLOWN the budget.
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 08:37 AM
Oct 2019

Yet another in a continuing series of utterly monstrous blunders, insults, crimes, and sins that will take years from which to recover. Decades is probably more like it.

pazzyanne

(6,547 posts)
18. He increased the budget for the military,
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 08:43 AM
Oct 2019

and then funnels designated funds toward building that wall, and his personal checking account.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. Instead, we get footage of Trump saying how happy the Kurds are with his fabulous deal
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 08:48 AM
Oct 2019

And the media still daren't utter a peep in opposition to a Trump proclamation. "These colors don't run." Checked with our allies lately?

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
23. None or very little
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 09:07 AM
Oct 2019

given how one sided the MSM has become under Trump. Hell they won't even call him out when he tell lies that are a cake walk to fact check.

RainCaster

(10,866 posts)
9. Putin is smiling--his bitch is doing great things
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 07:44 AM
Oct 2019

pResident Rusty Trombone has been such a great asset for Russia.

ramen

(789 posts)
12. This is already a goddamn catastrophe,
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 08:11 AM
Oct 2019

and the worst is yet to come. I think it's going to be a long way down.

usaf-vet

(6,181 posts)
14. Trump supporters ARE YOU PROUD now. This is "MAGA" as seen by the Kurds.
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 08:33 AM
Oct 2019

This stupid decision will destroy our relationship with many of our allies for decades to come.
Our word use to be our bond. Now it won't be considered to be worth the paper it is written on.



Farmer-Rick

(10,154 posts)
28. What else should we expect?
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 09:39 AM
Oct 2019

When a coward is made US president by a tiny little murdering dick tater in Russia. Supported and enabled by the filthy rich in the US.

Traitor Trump leading the US into surrender.

Let's see where else surrender is required by Putin and our US filthy rich. I'm sure surrendering is very profitable for someone. Thanks bone spur coward.

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
31. I see one hell of a campaign ad....
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 09:50 AM
Oct 2019

As powerful as LBJ's daisy ad or Reagan's morning in America. And I see it run against every single solitary Rethuglican. Just change the name of the Dem candidate and the Rethug opponent. Juxtapose that footage with the raid on Osama Bin Laden. This is Rethuglican America and this is Democratic America. Which would you choose?

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
38. A letter to Kurdish soldiers from a US military wife
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 10:10 AM
Oct 2019

A letter to Kurdish soldiers from a US military wife

"Months later, he returned and recounted to me what he could about his experience. I asked how he had made it through. He replied, "We had help. We had the Kurds."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/17/opinions/letter-to-kurdish-soldiers-from-military-wife-opinion/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

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