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Trump’s horrible, avoidable disaster in Syria
Marie Kelly
Oct. 16, 2019 4:42 pm
President Donald Trump must not be allowed to make another military decision alone. His ignorance and refusal to accept expert advice has caused him to make a grave error in judgment with Turkey about Syria and the Kurds.
His decision to pull our troops out of Syria and abandon the Kurds has left them open to slaughter, destabilized the area and announced to the world that our word is no longer gold.
Trump is responsible for all of the deaths in Syria of the children, women and captured Kurdish men who are being executed by the side of the road with their hands tied behind their backs.
Complicit in these horrors are Senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsay Graham, Chuck Grassley and the rest of the Republican senators. All of these people, who refused to check the president's erratic and abnormal behavior, don't deserve a paycheck. I don't want my hard earned money going to people who refuse to defend the constitution or stand up to a president who believes he is above the law.
This president is becoming more unstable day by day. Just listen and watch his campaign rallies.
President Donald Trump needs to be removed from office immediately before he does any further damage to our country. If America wants to remain a democracy it cannot have a dictator for a president.
Marie Kelly
Norway
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