The invasion has begun, leaving Republicans and Democrats in Congress furious.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he would pull back American troops, giving the green light for the offensive:
On Monday, witnesses in Syria saw United States forces withdrawing from two positions in northeastern Syria: observation posts in Tel Abyad and Ein Eissa. “Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria,” the White House said in a statement released just before 11 p.m. in Washington. “The United States Armed Forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial ‘Caliphate,’ will no longer be in the immediate area.”
Turkish forces consider the Kurds to be a terrorist force, and there are long historical tensions between the two groups, but Americans have worked with the Kurds because they saw them as an effective counter-balance to ISIS in the region. ISIS may have been “defeated,” but losing our Kurdish allies could weaken our defense against future resurgences.
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