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David Gergen: “What happens? We leave those Kurds to be slaughtered. We destroy our reliability in the Middle East.”

On the recordDecember 18, 2018
What happens? We leave those Kurds to be slaughtered. We destroy our reliability in the Middle East.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Gergen highlights the consequences of U.S. withdrawal from Syria, particularly the danger to Kurdish allies and the impact on U.S. credibility.

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