As American troops started to abandon their outposts, the Turkish army began its offensive
IT SEEMED ALMOST inevitable that America would forsake the Kurds in Syria. It took Donald Trump to do it in such haphazard fashion. On October 6th the president announced that American troops would withdraw from northernmost Syria. He then acquiesced in neighbouring Turkey’s plan to invade and rout the Kurds who control the area. Mr Trump has long wanted out of Syria, but his abrupt decision blindsided American officers, to say nothing of the Kurds.
His announcement on October 6th was no less contentious. In a rare split with Mr Trump, Republican lawmakers joined their Democratic colleagues to condemn the move. Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator close to Mr Trump, warned of “most severe sanctions” against Turkey if it went ahead with an offensive.
But talk of an imminent slaughter of the Kurds is probably overblown. Despite a reputation for standing their ground, Kurdish fighters deprived of American support are unlikely to want open conflict with a larger Turkish army—especially not on the flat plains of north-east Syria. Still, an incursion could displace many of the 750,000 people living along the border.
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