Opinion

Pulling out of treaties is betrayal

Posted November 02, 2019 1:00 am

Donald Trump has, once again, betrayed the nation he swore to defend, America. Without consulting or even informing the military, Congress, or the Kurds, he withdrew all American forces from Syria, a allowing Turkey to begin the genocide of the Kurds much as Turkey did to the Armenians in 1915.

President Trump recently stated that he is free to pull out of any agreement such as the Paris Accords to control the emissions of greenhouse gasses, any treaties such as the one with Iran to stop the development of nuclear weapons, or any promises, such as the one to protect the Syrian Kurds who did most of the fighting as our surrogate against ISIS. Why? Simply because he did not sign them.

The fact that these treaties, accords and promises were made by previous presidents in the name of the United States does not concern him.

If Vladimir Putin had an award for most valuable person (MVP), Trump would be a shoo-in to win this award every year of his presidency.

Robert Frankel

Schaumburg

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