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Retired four-star Marine general Allen: 'There is blood on Trump's hands':
General John Allen told CNN on Sunday that the U.S. 'greenlighted' the current situation in Syria and that it was 'completely foreseeable'. Syria's Kurds said Syrian government forces agreed on Sunday to help them fend off Turkey's invasion - a major shift in alliances that came after Trump ordered all U.S. troops withdrawn from the northern border area amid the rapidly deepening chaos. The fast-deteriorating situation was set in motion last week when Trump ordered U.S. troops in northern Syria to step aside, clearing the way for an attack by Turkey, which regards the Kurds as terrorists. Since 2014, the Kurds have fought alongside the U.S. in defeating the Islamic State in Syria and Trump's move was decried at home and abroad as a betrayal of an ally. Related: General John Allen: 2015-10-25 US to tighten noose around Daesh after Iraq captives freed General John Allen: 2015-10-25 Kurds welcome McGurk's appointment as US Presidential Envoy to anti-ISIS Coalition General John Allen: 2015-09-23 Obama's Islamic State War Czar Stepping Down Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-14 |
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