mo4ch:>Ankara ridicules Pompeo’s ‘lack of knowledge’ after US vows to protect Syrian Kurds from ‘slaughter’ | Mo4ch News

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo showed a “worrying lack of knowledge” when he said the US would prevent Turkey from “slaughtering” Kurds in Syria, Ankara said, adding that his remarks paint all Kurds as terrorists.Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy offered a creative interpretation of Pompeo’s comments, saying that the US secretary of state had erroneously conflated all Kurds with the YPG – which Ankara views as a terrorist organization.The purported generalization is an indicator of Pompeo’s “worrying lack of knowledge” on the subject, according to Aksoy. The spokesman also strongly condemned the US for viewing the YPG as an ally in the fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).The YPG is the backbone of "Syrian Democratic Forces" a US-backed militia operating in northeastern Syria.On Thursday, Pompeo said that “the importance of ensuring that the Turks don’t slaughter the Kurds” was “still part of the American mission” in Syria, even as the US milit…