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Does Trump's Syria Pullout Doom Our Kurdish Allies?


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In this round, Kurt and Mike discuss Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pull all remaining US troops out of northern Syria, where they’d been embedded with allied Kurdish fighters in the war against ISIS. Many critics of this move argue that this is a major double-cross of the Kurds, who face hostility from a Turkish military that's been waiting to invade northern Syria. Does Trump’s move give Turkey the green light to massacre the Kurdish fighters who frontlined the fight against ISIS? Will Trump’s reassurances stack up in the face of Turkish aggression against a Kurdish population they’ve been at odds with for decades? Join us as Mike and Kurt debate these questions - and more - on this week’s episode of Right Brain Left Brain!
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