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Turkey Is No Ally of the United States

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Jim Jeffrey testified in Congress to discuss the Trump administration’s decision to abandon support for Syrian Kurds. While both Democrats and Republicans criticized Jeffrey’s policy. After all, when he spoke to reporters last December after a U.S.-Turkey Working Group Jeffrey reportedly  said  that U.S. cooperation with the Kurds was tactical and temporary, but that it was   ties with Turkey that mattered. “We want to have cooperation with Turkey across the board on all Syrian issues.”  Bush administration alum Michael Doran  explained  at a Hudson Institute panel, “We borrowed a Russian and Iranian proxy, and it was strategically stupid," Doran added. “Everyone knows we’re leaving sooner or later. Turkey is going to be there forever, and the Turks know this as well. So we have to work through them, largely on their terms.”   Trump defends his greenlighting of Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria by attesting to the importance of Turkey...
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United States Marine Corps War Memorial. Arlington, Virginia

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Hello today I will take you to the  United States Marine Corps War Memorial.  This is one  of the most famous images of World War II is commemorated in bronze on George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington, Virginia. The United States Marine Corps War Memorial, built to honor Marines who died in service, was modeled after a celebrated photograph taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima on Japan's Volcano Islands. The statue depicts a group of Marines raising a U.S flag on Mount Suribachi, and on the base of the memorial, an inscription reads: "Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue. The bronze statue was made by sculptor Felix W. de Weldon. He worked with the three surviving Marines from the battle, Rene A. Gagnon, Ira Hayes and John H. Bradley, to model their faces in clay. The base of the memorial is engraved with every major battle involving the U.S. Marine Corps since 1775. I choose this monument because this mean, for me, a history of perseveran...
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Welcome to my Blog!

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Hello!, welcome to my Blog,  my name is Alan. I'm from Dominican Republic. I invite you to read my posts, here you will find analysis of the actuality, analysis of historical facts. We also we will travel our world and its geography, learning about different countrys, its culture, beliefs and so much more! I hope that you leave some comments down there, see you later! 
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