Trump’s Syrian Maneuver Works – President Erdogan Asks for Negotiations With Kurds in Syria…

The Vice President is flying to a warzone involving no US troops. Bet he's looking forward to that. Nothing says negotiator like a white deeply protestant man talking to two groups of Muslims. What could possibly go wrong?

Tanj said:

The Vice President is flying to a warzone involving no US troops. Bet he's looking forward to that. Nothing says negotiator like a white deeply protestant man talking to two groups of Muslims. What could possibly go wrong?

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My bolding......
Wonder if he will come back with a story of having to run from the plane under sniper fire....stay tuned....

He's sending Pence? What, was Jared too busy?

I'll give Donald credit if Erdogan actually called and if anything substantial comes from the alleged negotiations... after all, Donald touted great success in North Korea too, only to demand we all look elsewhere when it turned up goose eggs...

#waitandsee

iluvatar5150 said:

He's sending Pence? What, was Jared too busy?

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Hmm....Jared is supposed to be in charge of ME negotiations and peace talks...but Pence is going in his stead to a dangerous situation...maybe I should take the rest of my thought over to the CT forum.

NightHawkeye said:

Trump’s Syrian Maneuver Works – President Erdogan Asks for Negotiations With Kurds in Syria…

This request happens immediately after President Trump signed an executive order triggering the sanction authority of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Erdogan called the White House requesting an urgent phone call with President Trump.

After President Trump talked to Kurdish General Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, President Trump then discussed the options available to President Erdogan. As a result of that conversation, Erdogan requested the U.S. mediate negotiations. Vice-President Mike Pence announces he will be traveling to the region with National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien to lead that effort.​

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The article offers no evidence that Turkey is doing anything of the sort.The US Is Leaving Syria. Russia Is Moving In.

cow451 said:

The article offers no evidence that Turkey is doing anything of the sort.The US Is Leaving Syria. Russia Is Moving In.

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Trump is happy to let Russia pacify the region as long as he can take credit for it in the eyes of his base. Maybe Putin will let him have the Nobel Peace Prize.

Speedwell said:

Maybe Putin will let him have the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Yeah, why not?....the bar has already been lowered to the ground; after all Obama got it just for being elected President.

NightHawkeye said:

his third term

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3rd term?.....and here I thought we were shooting for permanent Caesar......LOL

NightHawkeye said:

You could be right. It might be better for him to get the Nobel Peace prize toward the end of his 4th term. Otherwise, it might go to his head.

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Can his head get any bigger?

NightHawkeye said:

Trump’s Syrian Maneuver Works – President Erdogan Asks for Negotiations With Kurds in Syria…

This request happens immediately after President Trump signed an executive order triggering the sanction authority of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Erdogan called the White House requesting an urgent phone call with President Trump.

After President Trump talked to Kurdish General Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, President Trump then discussed the options available to President Erdogan. As a result of that conversation, Erdogan requested the U.S. mediate negotiations. Vice-President Mike Pence announces he will be traveling to the region with National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien to lead that effort.​

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I so wanted this to be true, I mean, if you cannot trust some conservatives that live in a tree house, who can you trust? Sadly this has to be moved to the we all knew it was a right wing fantasy that was never going to happen industrial archive without even pausing in the real soon now files.

Turkey's President Erdogan: 'We will never declare a ceasefire' - CNN

What is most damning here is people marking some right wing blog post as informative...like it really was what is happening.

Like Trump again played 9 dimension chess instead of just fumbling with ignorance and being on panic mode now that everything is on his trousers again.

That is sheer stupidity and ignorance from the same people who claimed loudly that Turkey would not do anything because Trump was so tough on them..."They wouldn`t dare...."

Yet here we are. Kurds are dying, US influence in Syria is gone replaced by Turkey, Iran and Russia.

Donald is his usual ineffectual self only thinking how he can keep his stooges hooked until next election while America`s credibility - what is left of it - goes down faster than Kurd villages under Turkish artillery.

Meanwhile in the real world, the offensive continues unabated and Turkey rejected any ceasefire.

Tanj said:

The Vice President is flying to a warzone involving no US troops. Bet he's looking forward to that. Nothing says negotiator like a white deeply protestant man talking to two groups of Muslims. What could possibly go wrong?

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If I were Erdogan, I'd send a woman to negotiate just to troll Pence.

NightHawkeye said:

Trump’s Syrian Maneuver Works – President Erdogan Asks for Negotiations With Kurds in Syria…

This request happens immediately after President Trump signed an executive order triggering the sanction authority of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Erdogan called the White House requesting an urgent phone call with President Trump.

After President Trump talked to Kurdish General Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, President Trump then discussed the options available to President Erdogan. As a result of that conversation, Erdogan requested the U.S. mediate negotiations. Vice-President Mike Pence announces he will be traveling to the region with National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien to lead that effort.​

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Seems there is an even bigger problem then Erdogan giving lip service to the Kurds.....

Turkey holding 50 US nuclear bombs 'hostage' at air base, report says

the tangled web when you have a leader that unilaterally shoots from the hip.

also a greater sign of Trump doing Putin's bidding.

LoveOurNeighbor said:

Seems there is an even bigger problem then Erdogan giving lip service to the Kurds.....

Turkey holding 50 US nuclear bombs 'hostage' at air base, report says

the tangled web when you have a leader that unilaterally shoots from the hip.

also a greater sign of Trump doing Putin's bidding.

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Oops. Worse than that, they have some of Trump’s assets.
Trump Towers Istanbul - Wikipedia

NightHawkeye said:

Agreed.

Seriously, Trump seems to have crafted a more peaceful world than we've known for many years. Maybe by the end of his third term he'll get the Nobel Peace prize.

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Of course that third term Trump would be one of his offspring.