Commentary
John Kerry
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In The Media
Our Kurdish Allies Are Being Slaughtered. The Worst May Be Yet to Come
With the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria, Trump has made it infinitely harder, if not impossible, for the United States to do what he claims he wants: ask allies to share in the burden of national security.
By John Kerry
Published on Oct 17, 2019
Source: Boston Globe
In the 11 days since President Trump’s tweets announced a sudden exit of US special forces from Northern Syria, greenlighting an armed incursion by Turkish forces emboldened by our precipitous abandonment of the ally who had fought the Islamic State on our collective behalf, we’ve witnessed the wholesale dysfunction of American politics to the detriment of our interests, values, and credibility. It’s gotten worse by the day. The events on Wednesday represented the low watermark at an already low point in American diplomacy.
About the Author
John Kerry
Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
John Kerry is a nonresident scholar the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- On Climate Change
- America’s Crucial Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty With RussiaIn The Media
John Kerry
Recent Work
Political ReformSecurityMilitaryForeign PolicyNorth AmericaUnited StatesMiddle EastTürkiyeSyriaLevant
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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