Townhall Media Is Hiring!
Elon Musk's Favorability Rate Plummets Amid Feud With Trump
Leftist Hack Has a Ridiculous Pot Meets Kettle Moment While Blasting Scott Jennings
Joe Biden's Doctor Just Pleaded the Fifth
The Ineffeable Brilliance of Stephen Miller
Kamala’s Gut Check: How Tim Walz Became the Wrong Man for the Job
Cotton Takes on China: New Bill Would Cut Red Tape to Mine Critical...
NVIDIA Hits $4 Trillion: The AI Chip Titan Outpaces Apple and Microsoft in...
Anti-ICE Protesters Attack Agents Outside SF Court. It Doesn't End Well for Them.
Making America Beautiful Again: Here's How Trump Is Improving Our National Parks
Pro-Palestinian Activists Vandalize Homes of University Regents
This European Country Reinstated Border Controls to Stop 'Asylum Seekers'
At Dulles, Police K9 'Freddie' Is Headed Back to Work After Being Kicked...
A Man Was Shot Dead After Opening Fire at a Border Patrol Facility....
Time's Up for CA: Trump's DOJ Sues Over Title IX Violation
Tipsheet

Bolton: U.S.' Withdrawal From Syria Will Happen Under One Condition

On Sunday, White House national security advisor John Bolton made it clear the United States' withdrawal from Syria is conditional. America needs to know Turkey will not target the U.S.’s Kurdish allies once our troops are removed, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Advertisement

From WSJ:

President Trump’s order to withdraw U.S. troops is a “cause-and-effect mission” that requires certain assurances from various players in the region before it can be executed, said Mr. Bolton, the first administration official to outline the conditions for withdrawal.

His comments marked the first public acknowledgment from the White House that the safety of Kurdish allies is being considered as part of its pending withdrawal plan, but it also indicates that a quick withdrawal was unlikely given challenging regional dynamics.

It's hard to know exactly what the time table looks like though.

“Timetables or the timing of the withdrawal occurs as a result of the fulfillment of the conditions and the establishment of the circumstances that we want to see,” Bolton said. “It’s not the establishment of an arbitrary point for the withdrawal to take place as President Obama did in the Afghan situation…the timetable flows from the policy decisions that we need to implement.”

Advertisement

Mr. Bolton said Mr. Trump has told President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey that withdrawal is pending assurances that Turkey will protect Kurdish fighters who have long provided the U.S. with solid support in the campaign against Islamic State, adding, “I’m going to follow what the president said.”

Although the withdrawal is bound to happen, Bolton said there are circumstances that would bring the United States back to Syria.

“Any use of chemical weapons will be met by [a] very strong response, as we have done twice before," he said, referencing the Assad regime.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement