Trump criticizes *the Kurds* for not helping America in WWII, "they didn't help us with Normandy." (!!!) pic.twitter.com/yC8yijgjTh
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 9, 2019
Many Kurds fought in WW 2 against Hitler with Soviet army. Most of these Kurds were Yezidis expelled from their hometowns in the Ottoman Empire. Most famous of them was Samand Aliyeviç Siyabendov (Саманд Ðлиевич Сиабандов, Semendê Elî Sîyabend) who was a celebrated national hero pic.twitter.com/p1CcX265py
— Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) October 10, 2019
“What is he smoking?†she asked host Cooper.
“I mean, the Kurds were the pointy end of the spear who fought ISIS on our behalf. They bled and died because they believed in the partnership they had established with the United States and we just threw them under the bus in 24 hours. It’s appalling, it’s disgraceful,†Rice said.
“And then today, when the Turks quite predictably are bombing the bejeezus out of Syria and Trump allegedly orders the U.S. military not to come to their defense, not to protect them. We’ve crossed a Rubicon here of the trail that I think is going to haunt us for decades to come,†she continued. “We are handing over our Kurdish allies to slaughter, and that blood is going to be on Donald Trump’s hands.â€