Foreign Relations & International Law

Turkey Invades Syria

Paul Rosenzweig
Sunday, January 21, 2018, 10:36 AM

The front page of all of the major papers today is focussed on the shutdown showdown in Washington. Is it a #Trumpocalypse or a #SchumerShutdown?

Meanwhile the damage of a Trump presidency is magnified as our national interests continue to take a back seat to a president (I am not making this up!) who spent Saturday watching old TV clips of himself criticizing President Barack Obama's handling of the last shutdown.

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The front page of all of the major papers today is focussed on the shutdown showdown in Washington. Is it a #Trumpocalypse or a #SchumerShutdown?

Meanwhile the damage of a Trump presidency is magnified as our national interests continue to take a back seat to a president (I am not making this up!) who spent Saturday watching old TV clips of himself criticizing President Barack Obama's handling of the last shutdown.

Today's case in point—Turkey just invaded Syria to attack Kurdish militia. That's right—our NATO ally Turkey just attacked our anti-ISIS ally, the Kurdish YPG militia. America's response—crickets ... While Nero fiddled, Rome burned.

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Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.

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