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Home Front: WoT
Why the Middle East knows not to trust the United States
2016-10-27
By David Ignatius

Surprisingly thoughtful op-ed piece from WaPo about how the U.S. recruits local proxies to fight wars and insurrections, and then dumps them -- sometimes before the fight is over.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Perhaps Duterte has learned the same lesson.
Posted by: The peanut gallery   2016-10-27 13:49  

#4  U.S. recruits local proxies to fight wars and insurrections, and then dumps them -- sometimes before the fight is over

The Montagnards were curiously unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-10-27 13:31  

#3  This pattern of “seduction and abandonment” is one of our least endearing characteristics. It’s one reason the United States is mistrusted in the Middle East.

Middle east? Like Ohio? If so, I missed the seduction part and only have this feeling of abandonment.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-10-27 08:10  

#2  White House reaction to recent Turkish anti-West and anti-Kurd agendas has been unfortunately muted. Could it be that the administration's affinity for the Muslim Brotherhood has influenced its response to moves made by Muslim Brother Tayyip Erdowan?
Posted by: Craique the Kid6652   2016-10-27 08:09  

#1  ... Kurdish militia group known as the YPG, which has been the United States’ best ally against the Islamic State, gets pounded by the Turkish military. ... “If it doesn’t stop, it could preempt all plans for Raqqa,” warns a Pentagon official

Nothing like having your priorities right.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-10-27 03:27