Former Michigan GOP Rep. Mike Rogers on Sunday said there was “no way” the United States could’ve conducted the mission to kill ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi without the help of Kurdish military fighters.
In remarks on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the former House Intelligence Committee head said that being able to get intelligence from the Kurds was key, The Hill reported.
“There’s no way we could have done this,” Rogers said. “Remember those Kurdish forces were pushing back on ISIS.”
“All of that, Trump should understand how impactful that was,” he added. “That was a change in operating in Syria and it did make a significant difference to push back and eliminate their land holding.”
He said the Kurds probably provided the intelligence leading to the strike.
“You can’t do it without those allies of which candidly we just walked away from,” he said.
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