TRUMP YOU TRAITOR.
Now look.
Turkish forces who launched multiple artillery rounds near a U.S. Special Operations outpost in northeastern Syria on Friday have known for months that Americans were there, according to four current and former U.S. officials, raising questions whether Turkey is trying to push American troops farther from the border.
The incident occurred on a hilltop base overlooking the town of Kobane as Turkey continues an operation launched Tuesday against Syrian Kurds, some of whom the United States has partnered with for years in its campaign against the Islamic State. The incursion has focused on an area 60 miles to the west of Kobane, but U.S. officials believe Turkey has long-term aspirations to control a much larger swath of Syria.
The rounds landed about 9 p.m. within a few hundred yards of the base on Mistenur Hill, U.S. officials said. Navy Capt. Brook DeWalt, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that the U.S. troops “came under artillery fire” but were unharmed and that there was an explosion.
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As if the news out of Syria isn’t bad enough, as detailed in this heartbreaking story from the Washington Post, detailing the panic and flight and destruction,
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the comment thread is full of misinformation from a guy with a Turkish-sounding name (could be a Russian troll and/or working for Trump now that I think about it) who is spreading antisemitic propaganda and trying to defend the Turkish position/Trump and claiming that America is “Israel’s slave,” etc. Of course Israel has come out strongly against the assault on Kurdistan.
This is becoming extremely nauseating.