Axios: White House insists Trump didn’t give Turkey a “green light” to attack Kurds in Syria
A U.S. official also stressed that Turkey would bear all responsibility for an ISIS resurgence.
This situation is escalating quickly as White House officials scramble to explain Trump’s decision.
The administration's position is that the troop withdrawal (which it says is not really a withdrawal) does not give a greenlight to Turkey, when virtually anyone who understands the situation will tell you the presence of US troops was the only thing preventing a Turkish attack.
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) October 7, 2019