President-elect's ally suggests he is worried US soldiers could be 'cannon fodder' between Turkey and Kurdish fighters in Syria

Donald Trump wants to remove US troops from northern Syria rather than leaving them as “cannon fodder” if fighting broke out between Turkey and Kurdish fighters, Robert F Kennedy Jr said on Wednesday.

Speaking to Tucker Carlson during a live broadcast covering the US presidential election result, the Trump ally, who is expected to play a major role in his government, said the president-elect had expressed his intentions for northern Syria during a plane journey.

“We were talking about the Middle East, and he took a piece of paper and he drew on it [a] map of the Middle East with all the nations on it, which most Americans couldn’t do,” he told the right-wing broadcaster.

“He was he was particularly looking at the border between Syria and Turkey, and he said, ‘We have 500 men on the border of of Syria and Turkey and a little encampment that was bombed.’”

Kennedy said Trump told him there were 750,000 troops in Turkey and 250,000 in Syria

    • davelAEnglish
      83·
      11 days ago

      Why would our illegal occupation be a bad thing? You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about and should just leave things to the war criminals adults in the room.

    • Furball@sh.itjust.works
      106·
      11 days ago

      Well… not if you are Kurdish or Christian. The SDF (currently protected by America) is the only faction in Syria which respects minorities.

      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
        102·
        11 days ago

        The U.S. has never done anything that wasn’t serving our own interests. I highly doubt they care even in passing about what they do to their citizens. Well, maybe some of the soldiers care bcz they have empathy, but international geopolitics doesn’t have empathy.

        • Furball@sh.itjust.works
          63·
          11 days ago

          Of course the US is only protecting its own interests, but still, the SDF collapsing would be devastating to the people it protects

              • Grapho
                31·
                10 days ago

                Some leftists, if they’re stealing Syrian oil and doing the US’ bidding in exchange for weapons.

                It’s not the first time the US has used “socialist” organizations to try and undermine states’ rights to self determination