The U.S.-backed Kurdish militia has been one of America’s closes

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Court House - The U.S.-backed Kurdish militia has been one of America’s closest partners in the war against the Islamic State since 2014, and some 11,000 Kurdish fighters have been killed in combat against the terrorist group, but with President Trump’s order to withdraw all 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria in the face of a Turkish offensive, those who have served alongside Kurdish forces are left to consider America’s new place in the world. Humiliating his own cabinet secretaries was bad. Putting faithful American allies in harm’s way is far worse.

Print Publication Date: 
10/23/2019
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