373: America Betrays the Kurds in Syria, Costs of Interventionism

Chris Spangle, Harry Price, and Rhinehold discuss Trump's recent decision to shift troops in Syria to allow Turkey to invade Kurdish territory in Syria. Who are the Kurds? Was this a betrayal of a faithful ally? Is Trump acting without correctly? Are we pulling out of Syria? We answer all of these questions. Show Notes https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Kurds.pdf Time Stamps 00:14:07 - Overview of the Turk-Kurd Situation 00:41:57 - Who are the Kurds? 00:57:06 - Kurds and ISIS 01:05:06 - Trump Pulls Out 01:44:47 - Where are we now? Companion Episodes 357: War with Iran - https://wal.fireside.fm/586 203: Serious about Syrians - https://wal.fireside.fm/268 CSS 13: More Misery in Syria - https://wal.fireside.fm/661 281: Syria, FBI Raid, Knife Control - https://wal.fireside.fm/389 329: Why World War I Still Matters - https://wal.fireside.fm/474 372: A Theory of the Kennedy Assassination - https://wal.fireside.fm/619 Articles US troops believe Turkey deliberately fired artillery at an American commando outpost in Syria - https://www.militarytimes.com/2019/10/13/us-troops-believe-turkey-deliberately-fired-artillery-at-an-american-commando-outpost-in-syria/ US troops believe Turkey deliberately fired artillery at an American commando outpost in Syria - https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/kurdish-syrian-turkish-ironies/ Turkey and the Kurds: It’s More Complicated Than You Think - https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/turkey-and-the-kurds-its-more-complicated-than-you-think/ Another Interventionist “Success” Story - https://www.fff.org/2019/10/15/another-interventionist-success-story/ Trump Changes His Mind About Turkey and Hopes Steel Tariffs Will Stop the Slaughter - https://reason.com/2019/10/15/trump-changes-his-mind-about-turkey-and-hopes-steel-tariffs-will-stop-the-slaughter/ This Time the Yanks Are Deadly Serious - https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/this-time-the-yanks-are-deadly-serious/ Is Trump At Last Ending Our ‘Endless Wars’? - https://buchanan.org/blog/is-trump-at-last-ending-our-endless-wars-137583 Is the Interventionists’ Era Over for Good? - https://buchanan.org/blog/is-the-interventionists-era-over-for-good-137617 Is the U.S. Betraying Its Kurdish Allies? - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/podcasts/the-daily/trump-turkey-kurds-syria.html? The Story of a Kurdish General - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/podcasts/the-daily/kurds-syria-turkey-ISIS.html Tom Woods Ep. 1510 Syria, Trump, and the Kurds: Scott Horton Tells the Story - https://tomwoods.com/ep-1510-syria-trump-and-the-kurds-scott-horton-tells-the-story/ Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices