To the Journal editor:

Now our self proclaimed stable genius, who knows more than the generals, has pulled out all of the troops in Syria and betrayed our loyal Allies the Kurds and those SDF (Syrian Defense Fighters) who fought, and sacrificed, who also had been guarding ISIS fighters’ camps, and those in jails now the SDF has been forced to shift fighters to confront the Turkish invasion and also it takes them away from conducting counter terrorism operations against ISIS sleeper cells.

By this unplanned withdrawal by Trump or I believe you on the right had called it “cutting and running “ back when President Obama withdrew those troops from Iraq.

This betrayal has forced these Kurds to Ally with our enemies the Syrian And Russian Armies, this new partnership for the Kurdish fighters is an intelligence bonanza as the SDF has spent years working alongside our Special Forces gauging tactics, techniques, procedures, equipment, intelligence gathering and potentially names of operators, putting their families in the U.S. in danger!

They may not have “formal” intelligence to share, but they’ll have inside knowledge.

Now since Turkey’s invasion (with Trump’s blessing ) and the ISIS fighters who have escaped who are now going to be back on the battlefield fighting Americans again (once again wasn’t it you on the Right who criticized the Obama administration when they had negotiated that deal with the Taliban for the exchange of five of their fighters from Guantanamo Bay for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (he was Pfc. when he left his camp) and on how these five would be back on the battlefield killing our troops, thanks to President Trump he just multiplied this hundred fold, as these ISIS fighters have scattered like dandelion seeds in the wind now. (thank you Mr. Trump for opening “Pandora’s Box”!

We’ve been at war in the Mideast for 18-19 years now, this act guarantees we’ll be there another 15-20 years, now without Allies, and intelligence of our enemy, performing “the scorched earth” policy, and gave Russia the Mideast on a platter, and for Turkey to commit genocide on the Kurds.

DAVID R. KUMPULA

Hoffman Estates, Illinois