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US House backs resolution condemning Trump’s withdrawal from Syria
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
’s decision to withdraw US forces from northeastern Syria, clearing the way for The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
’s offensive against the Kurds.

The vote was 354 to 60 for the resolution, as dozens of Trump’s fellow Republicans joined the majority Democrats in favor.

The vote underscored deep unhappiness in Congress over Trump’s action, which many politicians view as abandoning Kurdish fighters who had been fighting alongside Americans to defeat ISIS
...embracing their inner Islamic Brute...
They also angrily denounced the release from prison of ISIS fighters since Turkey’s offensive began a week ago.

"That was a betrayal of our partners. It was a gift to Russia, a gift to Iran, a gift to ISIS (Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
) and a gift to (Syrian President Bashar al-) Assad," said Representative Eliot Engel, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who sponsored the resolution.

Separately on Wednesday, congressional and committee leaders from both parties were meeting with Trump at the White House to discuss his Syria policy.

The resolution backed by the House opposes Trump’s decision to remove the troops and calls on his administration to present a "clear and specific plan for the enduring defeat of ISIS."

It also calls on Ottoman Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to immediately end the offensive, seeks continued US support for Syrian Kurdish communities through humanitarian support, and also calls on the United States to work to ensure that Turkey’s military acts with restraint.

A companion resolution, also backed by Democrats and Republicans, was introduced in the Republican-majority Senate on Tuesday, but has not yet been brought up for a vote.


Posted by: Fred 2019-10-17
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