While US forces are largely out of Syria, they are still engaging in the
region, and US diplomats reportedly held a meeting with the president
of Syrian Kurdistan’s “Syrian Democratic Council.”
The discussion became quite heated, leading the US diplomats to angrily warn that they will “not allow” the Kurds to make any deals with the Syrian government or with Russia for protection against Turkey.
Kurdish officials are declining comment on the matter, but just hours
after the meeting, Turkey and Russia had announced their own deal which
is meant to prevent attacks against the Kurdish forces still in the safe
zone. Russia agreed to help remove remaining Kurdish forces.
This is the exact same deal the US made with Turkey last week, which
Turkish officials say did not pan out. Russia has said they will complete the Kurdish pullout within the next 150 hours, starting at noon on Wednesday.
The US has long objected to the Kurds talking to Russia or Syria, but
since the US talks with the Kurds are not getting the assurances that
the Kurds wanted, it is unsurprising that they moved on to someone else.
The arrogance is just breathtaking …
This displays the real priority. It is using Kurds for American objectives, not protecting the Kurds. It has never been protecting the Kurds.
I think they knew that, but misjudged their ability to leverage that into an independent state.
USA is mendacious, shiftless & unreliable. Nobody trusts or respects American “diplomats”.
It is not the arrogance of the US, rather submissiveness towards its master – a country that cannot be named (Israel). The primary goal of this Syria misadventure, just like Iran misadventure, is on behalf of that entity. Anything, and everything that keeps this chaos festering, is in the master’s interest.
War is peace. Negotiation is weakness . Survival is death. Dignity is in accepting betrayal. Now America after preaching to everybody else for so long,has come to believe into it himself . Otherwise ,they would have been more circumspect and indirect .
Kurds are wondering WTF wrong with these shitheads !
No one is “wondering WTF [is] wrong with these shitheads?!” It’s no mystery. The global devastation wrought by the empire, in the Mideast in particular, is because the US is Israel’s bitch. “We must fight them over there (ie everywhere across the face of the planet) so that Israel doesn’t have to fight them over there (including Russia)!”
Isn’t the arrogance the Zionist dominated US shows the world a little too similar to that which Israel shows the Palestinians. No coincidence folks.
US hubris and arrogance.
First they use locals ( SDF) as mercenaries in their occupation…..when the US mercenaries/puppets no longer are needed, the US throws them under the bus…..while demanding/warning their former mercenaries ( SDF ) not to talk to others.
Stupidity beyond repair.
It appears that the Kurds have ignored the US imperial shrubs for once.
James Jeffrey is no doubt the spokesman here in this arrogance;
he personifies the zionist approach, as he is nothing more than a windup talking puppet for the neo con talking points.
State Dept is infested with these clowns.
What delusional thinking. Let us see, the President of non-existent Kurdish state in the making, their Parliament, and their State Department written Constitution are now residing in Kobane — the city taken over by Syrian Army and Russian police. And they are not supposed to talk to them!
US has been out maneuvered thoroughly. It assumed that Turkey will move into Syria — and battle Kurds along 400 mile in length and 30 miles wide. No Kurds have mobilized anywhere — except Ras Al Ayn to Tel Abyad.
Being so sure that iTurkey will pursue this — the whole policy was crafted whereby Turkey snd Erdogan will be made yo pay — for everything, including S-400. Then, theatrical Pompeo visit, threatening Trump letter, sanctions — all set up as our concern for Kurds.
US promise of Kurd pullout within ceasefire timeframe was never intended to work — but to continue frustrating Turkey, while Kurds were made feel in maximum danger.
What happened was — Kurds pelting withdrawing soldiers with rotten tomatoes and stones, while both YPG and SDF — presumably different — cut the deal with Syrian Army and Russia. Suddenly, Turkey need not do anything — Russia and Syrian Army will supervise withdrawal of Kurdish forces out of 30 km area, after that Russia and Turkey will jointly patrol 10 km border zone — indefinitely. I suspect tat following the patrol introduction — other areas going West under Turkish control — will be settled similarly following Idlib resolution.
Head of SDF had a video link conversation with Russian Minister of Defence.
What do you do about policy that backfired?
Declare it your success — and be nice to Turkey.
Turkey better beware.