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>https:// www.newsweek.com/generals-admirals-trump-kurds-isis-values-1467283
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>hold the phones
>Looks like there's two Eric T. Olsons
The American College of National Security Leadersis a consortium of retired Admirals, Generals, Ambassadors and Senior Government Executives committed to strengthening the United States' national security initiatives.
Today, we are confronted by a growing gap between the values of those who serve our Nation in uniform, and those for whom they willingly execute lawful orders. We fear it is widening to possible fracture. Even as we are concerned, however, we remain optimistic: we know that the situation can be reversed quickly if the values that have served us so well are embedded in the process of making decisions of consequence for our service members.
Nowhere is this gap felt more immediately today than in Northern Syria, where U.S. forces are in the process of withdrawing from the area despite the violent consequences the decision will have on our Kurdish partners. While withdrawing ground forces from Syria may be a noble goal, doing so at the cost of abandoning our Kurdish partners, who valiantly fought alongside us to combat ISIS, is not consistent with who we are as a military force. The potential release of thousands of ISIS fighters, enabling their migration to the nations that make up the heart of our NATO alliance, is not consistent with who we are as a military force.
When we are forced to turn our backs on our own loyalty, commitment, integrity, honor and trust, our challenges become far more daunting. Allies and partners who have served, bled and died by our side will turn their backs on us. Such a development is not in the national security interest of the United States. And as Commander-in-Chief, you have the utmost responsibility to ensure it doesn't happen.
Mr. President, we urge you to adjust course consistent with our vital national security interests and your own unequivocal support for our men and women in uniform.
Sincerely,
Brigadier General Ricardo Aponte, USAF (Retired)
Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, USA (Retired)
Rear Admiral Christopher Cole, USN (Retired)
Major General Paul Eaton, USA (Retired)
Major General Mari K. Eder, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General Robert J. Felderman, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General Evelyn "Pat" Foote, USA (Retired)
Vice Admiral Michael T. Franken, USN (Retired)
Brigadier General Robert A. Glacel, USA (Retired)
Vice Admiral Kevin P. Green, USN (Retired)
Major General Richard S. Haddad, USAF (Retired)
Major General Robert A. Harding, USA (Retired)
Rear Admiral Charles D. Harr, USN (Retired)
Major General Jerry Harrison, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General Don Harvel, USAF (Retired)
Brigadier General David R. Irvine, USA (Retired)
Lieutenant General Arlen D. Jameson, USAF (Retired)
Rear Admiral Gene Kendall, USN (Retired)
Major General Steven J. Lepper, USAF (Retired)e
Major General Randy Manner, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General J. Scott O'Meara, USMC (Retired)
Rear Admiral David R. Oliver, USN (Retired)
Major General Eric T. Olson, USA (Retired)
Major General Gale S. Pollock, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General Lewis Spencer Roach, USA (Retired)
Lieutenant General Charles H. Roadman II, USAF (Retired)
Rear Admiral Harold L. Robinson, USN (Retired)
Brigadier General Ronald Rokosz, USA (Retired)
Rear Admiral Michael E. Smith, USN (Retired)
Brigadier General Paul "Greg" Smith, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General Robert L. Stephens Jr, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor, USAF (Retired)
Major General F. Andrew Turley, USAF (Retired)
Major General Margaret Wilmoth, USA (Retired)
Major General Brett T. Williams, USAF (Retired)
Lieutenant General Willie Williams, USMC (Retired)
General Johnie Wilson, USA (Retired)
Brigadier General Daniel P. Woodward, USAF (Retired)
Major General Margaret Woodward, USAF (Retired)
Brigadier General Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D., USA (Retired)