Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade was very critical of the Trump administration’s decision to pull troops from northern Syria during the show Monday morning.
The Trump administration made the announcement late Sunday night, which will harm the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northern Syria. They endorsed Turkey’s imminent offensive against America’s Kurdish allies in Syria. Turkey will now be responsible for all captured Islamic State fighters who are currently being held by Kurdish forces.
“What a disaster. The president’s statement through Stephanie Grisham is you know, ‘We defeated the caliphate and the caliphate is destroyed.’ We would not have done that without the Kurds who did all of our fighting, while our guys — the reason why our casualties were so low is because the Kurds did all the fighting. Now we are saying, ‘OK Turks, go wipe them out or force them out,'” Kilmeade stated.
He went on, “What kind of message is that to the next ally that wants to side with us? Meanwhile we are taking Sunni prisoners and giving them to Sunni Turkey who has been nothing but irresponsible, though technically a NATO ally. A disastrous series of events. I hope the president will rethink this.”
“Abandon our allies? That’s a campaign promise? Abandon the people that got the caliphate destroyed?” Kilmeade concluded.
….almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home. WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN. Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will now have to…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2019
President Trump elaborated on the policy decision on Twitter also on Monday morning, explaining that, “The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so,” and added, “It is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home.”
