There are fewer Kurds there than there were when the US was abiding by its agreement. The Turks are actively attacking and the genocide is underway. You seem to think it’s ok but the Kurds are concerned which is why they are asking the Russians for help. This is a bad situation and the blame lies squarely with Trump.
The Kurdish population is divided between several post WWI nations, Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria being among them. The Kurds have wanted their own nation for 100 years, and those Kurds living in Turkey have been in rebellion against Turkey for more than 40 years. The situation in Turkey is very similar to our situation in Vietnam, when neighboring countries including Laos and Cambodia were giving safe havens for combatants. Kurdish rebels have been supported both actively and passively by the Kurdish populations of Iraq and Syria for years.
The Kurds in Iraq were an excellent ally for us in the Iraqi war. However, when we supplied them with arms and ammunition during and after the war, much of it ended up with the Kurds in Turkey, used in their rebellion against the Turkish government. Not surprisingly, this did not make our NATO ally, Turkey, very happy with us.
It is rather hard to be on the "wrong side of history" on this one. They have been trying to kill each other in the middle east for a thousand years, with the sides shifting constantly. No ally is all "good", just as on ally is all "bad".
Of course, Cletus knows all this. He is merely using the confusing circumstances as a way to criticize Trump, as he does with everything else. In the course of it, he is absolutely silent about the real progress that is being made in the area, as he makes major steps to peace between the Sunni Muslims and Israel, a much more difficult issue which has been so difficult to deal with that previous Presidents have totally failed, and the last one didn't even try.
But then, Cletus knows this also.
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