Following US President, Donald Trump's decision last week to
withdraw US forces from Northern Syria, and grant Turkey permission to invade
the North Syrian border, the Kurds. a tribe of Syrians who makes up the Syrian
Democratic forces that helped the United States defeat terrorist group ISIS,
has issued a cry for help to the United States government.
Trump, after receiving a call from Turkey's president Reycip
Erdogan, agreed to withdraw US troops from Northern Syria, convinced the Kurds
to remove their border defences and permitted Turkey to launch an offensive
against the Kurds, with the Turkish government claiming they were invading
Northern Syria to destroy terrorists.
The US were greatly helped by the Kurds in the fight against
ISIS and in turn were protected against Turkey by US forces on the ground, as
Turkey sees the Kurds as Terrorists. The Kurds meanwhile have been great assets
to the US and hold ISIS members as prisoners - a situation that might change
leading to escape of the prisoners if Turkey's military attacks Kurdish
settlements and bases.
The situation which greatly put Kurds in harms way has
generated bi-partisan condemnation in congress with even the staunchest of
Trump's supporters blasting Trump's decision, calling it very dangerous to
national security.
Meanwhile, Trump has defended his actions claiming he wants
to stop endless wars American soldiers have been involved in, and that he will
destroy Turkey's economy if they attack the Kurds.
The Kurds, in turn have said they will defend their lives no
matter what it costs and in a stunning statement criticized the US, telling
them to either help defend their territory and people or let them enter into an
agreement with Russia or Syria's government led by president Assad, so that
they will be protected.
The Syrian Democratic forces leader, General Mazloum Kobani
Abdi, a staunch defender of his Kurdish people made the stunning statements
Thursday, to William Roebuck, the US Deputy Special Envoy to the Global
Coalition to Defeat ISIS, according to
an internal government document obtained Saturday by CNN.
"You have given up on us. You are leaving us to be
slaughtered," General Mazloum
Kobani Abdi said.
"You are not willing to protect the people, but you do
not want another force to come and protect us. You have sold us. This is
immoral," Mazloum added.
"I need to know if you are capable of protecting my
people, of stopping these bombs falling on us or not. I need to know, because
if you're not, I need to make a deal with Russia and the regime now and invite
their planes to protect this region," Mazloum said.
