Hard Power blog pt 2

A recent example of hard power used by a country would be whats going on in Syria today. Turkey used hard power to invade an area of Syria, home to the ethnic Kurds. Russia warned the Kurds to pull back from the Turkey-Syrian border, after a deal made between Ankara and Moskow. They threatened to crush them with the power of the Turkish army. There was a deal made on a Tuesday between turkey and Russia that will have Russian and Syrian forces brought to Syria to remove the Kurds and their arms from the border.  Peskov, a "spy" brought to Russia from Donald Trump, made comments about how Americans were encouraging the Kurds to hold their ground and keep fighting. Peskov said if the Kurds didn't stay at the border, per the agreement, the Russian Military would back off, leaving the Turks to fight the Turkish army, which wouldn't be in their favor. The Russian police recently went to Syria, where they would facilitate the removal of the Kurd forces.
I think this is just another example of the United States involving themselves in a fight that is not ours to be fought. By Donald Trump suggesting the Kurds should stay and fight, which will cause a huge outbreak and a lot of deaths. I personally think the Kurds should back off, since it isn't even their land t begin with, and the Russian Military is much bigger and stronger than they are.


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