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Payne Distinguished Lecturer at @Stanford. Foreign Affairs Analyst @NBCNews / @MSNBC. Former Presidential Envoy. Served under Bush, Obama, Trump. Dad.

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    Brett McGurk‏Verified account @brett_mcgurk 8h8 hours ago

    My new essay in @ForeignAffairs encourages better alignment of ends and means in Syria where increasing objectives while decreasing resources by definition equates to significant risk. @FSIStanford @StanfordCISAC @CarnegieMEChttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/syria/2019-04-16/hard-truths-syria?cid=otr-author-may_june_2019-041619&linkId=66185691 …

    4:02 PM - 16 Apr 2019
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      1. Buckle Up‏ @Buckleup36 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ForeignAffairs and

        Trump is incompetent and compromised. Russia wants the USA out of Syria. Why is our military following anything Trump has to say?

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      1. Carol Jey‏ @CarolJey3 59m59 minutes ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ForeignAffairs and

        Thanks Brett, it's a really good article.

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      2. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ebabahan and

        @EmmanuelMacron @FedericaMog @NATO @WhiteHouse @SecPompeo @cspan @WSJ @AmbJohnBolton @LindseyGrahamSC @AP @welt @SpeakerPelosi @francediplo @MittRomney @nytimes @ForeignPolicy @lemondefr @courrierinter @BBCWorld #NoFlyZoneOverNorthSyria @brett_mcgurk►►https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/syria/2019-04-16/hard-truths-syria?cid=otr-author-may_june_2019-041619&linkId=66185691 …

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      3. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        @CengizCandar @hsncml @amberinzaman @ebabahan @yavuzbaydar4 @KadriGursel @AydnSelcen @umit_k @WashingtonPoint @danycohnbendit @FabriceBalanche @jattali @EstherBenbassa @vvanwilgenburg @joshua_landis @BHL @JSchanzer @aaronstein1 @MaxAbrahms @mrubin1971►►https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-syria-turkey-buffer-zone-is-a-good-idea-on-turkeys-side-of-the-border …

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      4. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        @ilham_ehmed @shahoz9 @Xelilaldar @SalehMaslem @RedurXelil @PolatCanRojava @mustefabali @AFP @DefenseUnitsYPJ @DefenseUnits @info_tev @SDF_Press_1 @SyriacMFS @PervinBuldan @afpfr #TwitterKurds #MFS @anfenglish #Ezidi @AP @MerveTahiroglu/@Andrew_B_Gabel►►https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/turkey/2019-04-09/saving-northeastern-syria?utm_source=twitter_posts&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_daily_soc …

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      5. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        @BarackObama @JoeBiden @francediplo @UN @Europarl_EN @EP_President @foreignoffice @EU_Commission @OIRSpox @GreensEP @Gruene_Europa @cnni @libe @TV5MONDEINFO @euronews @VOANews @ARTEde @bbcturkce @CJTFOIR @ARTEfr #NoFlyZoneOverNorthSyria @amberinzaman►►https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/04/us-ask-syria-kurds-turkish-forces-through-door.html …

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      6. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        Mumtaz Celtik Retweeted Diliman Abdulkader

        @DikenComTr @ahval_tr @CHPKadinKolu @gazeteduvar @artigercek @bianet_org @sendika_org @solhaberportali @t24comtr @cumhuriyetgzt @HDPgenelmerkezi @AFP @hdpdemirtas @YesillerSol @PervinBuldan @vekilince @sahmetsahmet @herkesicinCHP #NoFlyZoneOverNorthSyriahttps://twitter.com/D_abdulkader/status/1114144029460054016 …

        Mumtaz Celtik added,

        Diliman Abdulkader @D_abdulkader
        My latest via @dcexaminer The caliphate is dead, but the threat remains. I continue to argue for an NFZ and the recognition of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) as the legitimate governing body of an autonomous…
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      7. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        Mumtaz Celtik Retweeted David L Phillips

        #TwitterKurds @DefenseUnitsYPJ @DefenseUnits @SyriacMFS #MFS #SDF @SDF_Press_1 #Ezidi #HandsOffRojava #HandsOffManbij #BreakSilenceOnAfrin #NoFlyZoneOverNorthSyria STOP #Turkey #IslamoFascist #Erdogan & his jihadist #AlQaeda/#ISIS running dogs !https://twitter.com/DavidLPhillips4/status/1085232350127157253 …

        Mumtaz Celtik added,

        David L Phillips @DavidLPhillips4
        "Turkey is Islamist, anti-American, and against human rights. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan is profoundly anti-semitic." …
        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        @EmmanuelMacron @FedericaMog @NATO @WhiteHouse @SecPompeo @cspan @WSJ @AmbJohnBolton @LindseyGrahamSC @AP @SpeakerPelosi @francediplo @MittRomney @nytimes @lemondefr @courrierinter @BBCWorld @welt @ForeignPolicy @ReutersWorld @AFP #NoFlyZoneOverNorthSyriahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf04gqUuwDw&feature=youtu.be …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 4h4 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        @DikenComTr @ahval_tr @gazeteduvar @dw_turkce @VOATurkish @artigercek @bianet_org @sendika_org @cumhuriyetgzt @ANF_TURKCE_ANF_ @solhaberportali @GazeteKarinca @YesillerSol @ilerihaber @HDPgenelmerkezi @RudawTurkce @t24comtr #NoFlyZoneOverNorthSyriahttps://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-Kurdish-fight-is-humanitys-fight-540261?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

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      2. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 2h2 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ForeignAffairs and

        @EmmanuelMacron @FedericaMog @NATO @WhiteHouse @SecPompeo @cspan @WSJ @AmbJohnBolton @LindseyGrahamSC @AP @welt @SpeakerPelosi @MittRomney @francediplo @lemondefr #NoFlyZoneOverNorthSyria Sinam Mohamad: "Once We Beat ISIS, Don’t Abandon Us" @sinam56►►https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/opinion/once-syrian-kurds-beat-isis-dont-abandon-them-to-turkey.html?referer=https://t.co/6fTvhhlX1U …pic.twitter.com/trwSMlGiwk

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      3. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 2h2 hours ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        @BarackObama @JoeBiden @coalition @UN @Europarl_EN @foreignoffice @OIRSpox @CJTFOIR @GreensEP @NBCNews @libe @VOANews @ARTEfr @PolatCanRojava : ¨ It is the duty of comrades-in-arms not to give up their friends and not to turn their backs on them ¨ ►►https://thedefensepost.com/2019/01/11/duties-of-comrades-in-arms-syria/ …pic.twitter.com/rcMI9HdcON

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      4. Mumtaz Celtik‏ @MumtazCeltik 36m36 minutes ago
        Replying to @MumtazCeltik @brett_mcgurk and

        ¡No Pasarán! 'Rojda Felat' ►►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojda_Felat … Rojda Felat, who commanded the battle against ISIS in Raqqa, surveys a flank of Tal al-Samam with other SDF commanders. Image: ©Joey L./JoeyL.com/Used with permission/via @defensepostpic.twitter.com/jUBHucKoMM

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      1. Cagdas E. Bayrak‏ @Iras_KicksArse 2h2 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ForeignAffairs and

        Your “essay” is full of shit, Brett boy!!!pic.twitter.com/3hS7QsmG8C

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      1. TorahJewOfIsrael‏ @IsraelTorahJew7 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @vvanwilgenburg and

        Posted it

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      1. .‏ @lllllooooooo8 7h7 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ForeignAffairs and

        ✌️

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      1. Iron Kurdish Patriot‏ @IronKRDPatriot 7h7 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ForeignAffairs and

        Great article Mr. McGruk! This is real talk!

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      1. Ely Ramirez‏ @Beth_Lizet 7h7 hours ago
        Replying to @brett_mcgurk @ForeignAffairs and

        Focus*

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