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    Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 14 Oct 2019

    Of all the astonishments of the Trump era, I am most stonkered by watching conservatives, who 10 years ago were extolling our Kurdish allies in Iraq, justify Trump's impulsive and ill-informed actions by convincing themselves that the Kurds in Syria were asking for it.

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      1. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 14 Oct 2019

        To be clear, I am also heartened by how many conservatives aren't doing this ... but the fact that any are, is amazing.

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      2. Oliver‏ @ebizarch 14 Oct 2019

        It’s been worsening for over two decades

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      1. wiredog‏ @KitCase3 14 Oct 2019
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        Wait, there are actual known conservatives supporting Trump on Syria? Huh.

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      1. TallDave‏ @TallDave7 14 Oct 2019
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        Nice that the West is noticing the Kurds exist again, even if it's just to bash Trump, but no one wants to draw this map. It would start more wars than establishing Israel, and Kurdistan would lose all of them.pic.twitter.com/8GvWH89e4N

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      1. Lionel Mandrake‏ @LMandrakeJr 14 Oct 2019
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        That a large share of conservatives would go along with whatever Trump did as president was always baked into the cake. That was one reason I was NeverTrump.

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      1. Babo‏ @rbc2222 14 Oct 2019
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        Cui bono? Putin.

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      2. Recovered Lawyer‏ @Michael19196858 14 Oct 2019
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        I can conceive of a realpolitik justification for abandoning the Kurds, although I doubt I would agree with it. I cannot conceive of a defense the WAY Pres Trump implemented this withdrawal of US forces.

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      3. Steven Ehrbar‏ @ehrbar 14 Oct 2019
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        Hmm? In realpolitik, alliances have aims; they're not perpetual brotherhood. We provided advisors to help locals who were already fighting the Islamic State to end its territorial existence. That end having been achieved, the alliance is over, and our advisors are leaving.

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      1. Beech49‏ @hoyarugger 14 Oct 2019
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        How about supporting record deficits and spending? Protectionism? These are in no way conservative policies.

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