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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The Deal In Syria

President Trump just announced that an agreement brokered by the USA has been reached with the Kurds and the Turks for an end to all fighting in northern Syria.  There will be a 20 mile safe zone along the border.  The US sanctions on Turkey will be lifted.  The ISIS terrorists will remain in jails both in and out of the area.  Not all of the details have yet been made public, but it sounds like there will be no Syrian government forces or Russian forces inside the "safe zone."

This is great news.  The Kurds ended the threat to their safety from the Turks.  The Turks got the Kurdish forces who Turkey considers to be terrorists to pull back at least 20 miles from their border.  The civilians in the region are free from the threat of war.  The ISIS jihadists remain in prison.  The USA didn't have to suffer any casualties to its armed forces. 


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