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