Donald Trump has another international failure on his ineptness- genocide

Echo opinion published in The Sun Chronicle in Attleboro, Massachusetts:

Donald Trump: The man who caused the Kurdish Holocaust

It’s maddening to see America's Kurdish allies and their families needlessly slaughtered.

Within hours of President Trump’s announcement of U.S. withdrawal, the Turkish military, which was poised on the border, rolled their heavy guns into Syria and began killing Kurds. 

As everyone predicted, the Turks immediately began a genocide.

I’ve felt sick over the past week, to helplessly watch as our loyal Kurdish friends are betrayed.

Condemnation of Trump’s actions is full-throated, from Democrat and Republican alike. To mollify the furor, Trump promised to devastate Turkey’s economy if they started a Kurdish genocide.

But how do trade sanctions help massacred Kurds? They are dead and continue to die. Sanctions do nothing as the Turkish Army continues to destroy them.

It’s telling (and infuriating!) that Trump has not rescinded an upcoming White House meeting with Turkish President Erdogan. Trump does not really want to punish the Turks. I fully expect him to weasel out of his threat and allow them to proceed with their Kurdish Holocaust.

A footnote to all this is that thousands of imprisoned ISIS soldiers will be freed. The president offers no explanation why he is instigating this betrayal of loyal allies. What’s wrong with him?

Ken Watson,  Foxboro Massachusettes