WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that "meddling in the Middle East was the worst decision in US history" after a US force was withdrawn from areas near the Turkish border in Syria.
The surprise decision on Sunday appeared to be a US green light for a Turkish military operation against Kurdish forces allied with Washington in the fight against jihadists.
Trump, who has faced criticism since Sunday even inside his camp, has doubled the sometimes contradictory statements about this to a file and threatened Turkey with harsh economic sanctions if it "exceeded the limit."
But he seems determined to “end the endless wars,” which was one of his election promises.
"The United States should not have gone to the Middle East," Trump said in a tweet on Twitter. "Endless stupid wars are over for us."
"Slowly and safely, we are bringing our wonderful soldiers and soldiers home," he said, explaining that conflicts in the Middle East have cost the United States about "$ 8,000bn" as well as thousands of lives.
"We went to war because of the wrong premise and it turned out to be: weapons of mass destruction. There were none, ”he said, referring to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(AFP)