Urgent Prayer Needed For Kurds:
As US Troops Leave Northeast Syria and Turkey Preps Invasion, Kurdish Christian Lives in Danger - CBN News
President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to pull US troops out of northeast Syria, clearing the way for Turkey to invade and abandoning the Kurdish fighters who fought alongside US troops to defeat ISIS.
"The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so. They have been fighting Turkey for decades. I held off this fight for almost 3 years, but it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home," Trump tweeted.
"WE WILL FIGHT WHERE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT, AND ONLY FIGHT TO WIN. Turkey, Europe, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Russia and the Kurds will now have to figure the situation out, and what they want to do with the captured ISIS fighters in their 'neighborhood.' They all hate ISIS, have been enemies for years. We are 7000 miles away and will crush ISIS again if they come anywhere near us!" Trump continued. (Read more)
- Father God, we are grieved that our President has made this apparently sudden decision at this time. We ask You to forgive President Trump, and for Your Hand of Mercy to rest upon our Christian brothers and sisters whose lives are now in danger in Syria and in Turkey. Lord God, if there can be a reversal in this new policy, we ask that it take place soon. Turn the President's heart to do Your will we pray, amen.
(Capitol Hill Prayer Partners)
- The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes. (Proverbs 21:1)
"We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake. " (Nikki Haley)
