News Flash! Trump Betraying Kurds Set US Foreign Policy Back by at Least 20 Years

For all of those who try to defend Donald Trump’s decision to abandon Kurds to the fate of facing the full might of Turkey, maybe it’s time you revise your understanding of the word “alliance”.

The United States just up and withdrawing their military was in most of the world’s perception as a direct betrayal of Kurdish allies that lost just as much if not more than the US troops stationed there during their fight against ISIS.

There is absolutely no possible way that the withdrawal can be spun into being a tactical thing, as the presence of troops in that specific region was preventing any serious resurgence of terrorist groups.

There are many people that criticize the US for even being in the Middle East, but at this point, it’s too late to even withdraw. It’s best to work with the locals and keep the peace. It sounds like encroachment on sovereignty, but the massacre that Kurds had to go through is the direct outcome of heartless decisions.

It is absolutely impossible for somebody being in the military, having a high rank enough to give orders of mass withdrawals do not have the foresight to see Turkey’s actions following the said withdrawal.

It was 100% obvious. The generals knew it, and most importantly, Trump knew it.

The US lost more than just Kurdish allies

In the tangled world of politics, one mistake could last for several generations. Almost every single war that is raging in the world right now has to do some ethnic issues from the past. The war that was going on, or is going on in Syria was no different as well.

The USA pretty much poured gas over a raging fire and ran away leaving Kurds to deal with it. Although Kurds may be a bit more forgiving due to how they’ve become accustomed to US troops stationed in the region, it’s not like other countries in the region will start seeing the United States as friends.

It takes just one betrayal to tarnish a country’s image completely, and now there’s no way back.

An example of collateral damage from the withdrawal

One great example of collateral damage from the betrayal is the Republic of Georgia where public opinion about the United States has shifted dramatically.

It’s not that a close group of my acquaintances is saying it’s different, but the whole nation has paid very close attention to how the US treated the Kurds.

For example, once the decision was made to withdraw from Syria, it needed to be decided where these troops would go, as home was not a destination decided upon. The most likely destination is Iraq, but considering the social unrest there, it would lead to even more issues.

Luke Coffey, an American political advisor, and army veteran suggested that the troops should be re-located to Georgia, in an old Soviet base. It would still leave them in a range for immediate response during the resurgence of terrorists and give them the privilege of being stationed in a democracy.

Before the whole fiasco with the Kurds, Georgians were all for accepting US troops on their territory due to continued military and political pressure from their northern neighbour, Russia. But now, after the Kurdish fact, almost 80% of all Georgians are completely against admitting US troops on their territory.

As you can see, it takes just one mistake against a loyal ally to have almost everybody lose trust in you.

It may not be as specified on the political spectrum, as politicians will always fake friendships, but when it comes to the population of a specific country, we are able to derive much more accurate assessment.

It could have been easily handled

One thing that developing nations don’t like about the US’ response towards criticism is the attempt to legitimize their actions. Naturally, it can’t really be said that the country that did the legitimizing, as it was just the POTUS.

But, considering that the President is the representative of their respective nation, it came across as the United States is absolutely heartless towards their loyal Kurdish allies.

If the situation could have been handled with a re-instalment of the US troops back into Kurdish lands even after the Turkish assault began. It would stop operations immediately as Turks most definitely didn’t want to involve US troops.

The economic sanctions that are now in effect aren’t going to last too long and it’s pretty much counter-productive. Furthermore, the US doesn’t want Turkey to have a weak economy considering the amount of foreign debt it has as a country.

Why is it counter-productive? Because Turkey has a large economy nearby in the face of Russia, which they will gladly switch to if the situation requires.

All in all, the foreign policy that the United States is now working on in the Middle East is wrong in all aspects. And the fact that they’re not doing anything about it is going to cost them decades worth of struggles to establish themselves as peacekeepers.