Thoughts on the Kurds and Turkey

On the surface it would seem that the US should be protecting the Kurds against the Turks but given that we don't know everything here are some possible reasons why Trump is doing what he's doing.

1) Suppose Turkey told the US that they were going in irrespective of any risk of killing Americans.  What if Trump had intelligence saying that the Turks weren't kidding.

At that point Trump would have to decide if America should go to war to protect the Kurds.

Does anyone really think that the majority of Americans would support a war against Turkey over the Kurds?

And starting a war with Turkey that would be rejected by the American people who are already tired after 18 years of war would not only be morally wrong it would hurt Americans.

2) Suppose Trump is providing military and intelligence support to the Kurds so that they will be safe in Iraq but not in Syria?  Would that be ok if the alternative was war with Turkey?

3)If the US is supposed to go to war to protect every persecuted people should we start a war with China to free the 1M+ people that China has in real concentration camps?

The reality is it's not our job to send our people to die to right every wrong in the world.  Defeating ISIS helped make America safe.  Protecting the Kurds in Syria isn't necessary to keep the US safe.

4) Our national debt is unsustainable. We can't afford another major war in the MidEast unless it's critical to our security.

Interestingly when Obama pulled out of Iraq and thereby created ISIS the same voices condemning Trump said nothing and in fact said that the US shouldn't be involved in the MidEast.

Apparently a lot of the attacks on Trump over this are from people who would condemn Trump if he said we should love our neighbors as ourselves.