Two weeks after a United States military mission brought a cowardly end to the life of Islamic State leader and founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkey is...
We have a ceasefire that the Turks refuse to call a ceasefire, a withdrawal that’s not bringing troops home, and a “safe zone” that isn’t safe...
The last two weeks have been challenging for me from a foreign relations perspective. I’ve wrestled with questions of morality, interventionism, the President’s motives, our role...
U.S. sanctions against Turkey were just announced yesterday. Some may believe this means we wait to see if Ankira will do anything different in Syria. Nope....
President Trump warned Turkey shortly after removing troops from the Syrian-Turkish border that if they “crossed the line” he would cripple their economy. The line has...
President Trump signed an executive order Friday expanding his powers to impose sanctions on Turkey or anyone associated with the government. It is being seen as...
For the record, I am against the President pulling troops back from the Syrian-Turkey border simply because their presence there was preventing the bloodshed we’re seeing...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan hates America. His government hates America. His willingness to occasionally play nice, whether with President Obama or President Trump, always comes with a...
The Kurds and Turks have been in a state of perpetual conflict for 35 years. They were fighting before we went to Syria to take out...
I’ll admit it, I was scratching my head wondering what the President was thinking last night when the White House announced we would be pulling troops...