Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "SE Cupp: Don't be surprised if this is what undoes Trump" video.
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derek mcguire : I think of the friendships, even meaningful relationships that must have been developing, between allied, friendly troops, and the Kurdish people? That, “ceasefire,” was only set up to create a passage to get the Americans OUT, so they wouldn’t be witnesses to the slaughter, and be tempted to, “intervene,” regardless of, “orders,” knowing that international law would back them anyway. That’s why the Turks didn’t even BOTHER to hold their fire, in areas where the US were no longer present. Erdogan, Assad and Trump: ALL Putin’s Puppet Dictators. Putin is GLEEFUL while the world falls apart or into his pocket . . . SMH ✌️👍
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stephen wedderburn : It is required, by International and US Military law, that you cannot stand by, while a crime is committed. Obviously, the commanders on the ground, like you and I, are not naive, and probably know better than we do, that Trump is following Putin’s directives, here. But, they also know that they have no way to establish that, and that an order is an order. As the orders have no violence attached to them, they would not even question them, officially. Nor, would we want them to, as they have no way of guessing at the broader strategy behind such orders.
However, events on the ground are a different ballpark. “Someone,” alerted Trump to the fact that US troops would be witness to atrocities, as the fighting was literally closing in on them, from all sides. So, a corridor had to be created, (the ceasefire) in which to get them out, without being put in a compromising position; as there are no orders telling them NOT to intervene, if they a witness to war crimes. These are, after all, their personal friends, with whom they have spilled the same blood, in the same mud.
As I said, above, this is why the ceasefire was not respected, as it was only a deal, between Erdogan and Trump, to allow US troops to get out, without exposing them to what’s going on. So, the Turks have continued to blast areas where they know there are no US military.
The short answer is: No, they can’t question their orders. But, yes they could intervene or even refuse unlawful orders, if confronted with their allies and their families being murdered. Which is why they have been shielded from that, after Trump was informed of the potential mess that could result, too late.
Does that answer your question?
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C. H. : Even Trump Trolls must be choking on this? The American ones, I mean. They give as many of their sons and daughters to serve in the military as the rest of America does. And, no one likes to be made to look like a Coward or a Traitor? And, if the ONLY explanation for doing this, is that it serves Putin’s interests; regardless of the Turks, given Erdogan is a Putin Puppet, every bit as much as Trump and Assad is, is it not just a question of time, before the smoking gun appears? Will someone step out of the dust and tell us they heard the call in which Putin issued his orders to Trump? . . . Someone, other than Trump, was in on it? Not many, which is why it blindsided the entire American Government, Military and the rest of the free world. But, SOME people, in the WHITE HOUSE, comfortably sipping coffee, as they watch the genocide on TV, must be struggling with their conscience? . . .
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Vanessa Costa : Interesting how Trump Trolls can ignore their increased taxation, because it was done without representation, right? There’s an irony in there, somewhere? While they pay more for food, gas, electricity, and the cost of an iPhone has DOUBLED in America, so people order them on Amazon, not realising they’re coming from Europe and Asia, they still CHEER the pittance he tossed at them, like a mob of hungry dogs. I know the foreign Trolls, on the payroll, don’t have to, “believe,” the Trump Propaganda, but it staggers me that American ones, STILL RANT in their FAKE believe? All because they gave real money to Trump collections, said and did things they can’t take back, and feel like IDIOTS for being SO WRONG about Trump . . . SMH ✌️👍
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