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Prez greenlights Turkish invasion of Syria
Part of a real estate deal apparently
So... Who's gonna stop him?
Each day is more tragic than the previous
Your clown show kills...
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(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Monday October 07 2019, @07:28AM (5 children)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaccuse-kurds-held-the-line-against-isisyet-the-us-abandoned-them [thedailybeast.com]
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/12/chaos-washington-kurds-stranded/578941/ [theatlantic.com]
https://www.courthousenews.com/turkey-snubs-us-offers-no-assurances-on-syrian-kurds/ [courthousenews.com]
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/01/09/if-us-troops-leave-syria-what-happens-to-americas-kurdish-partners-in-the-fight/ [militarytimes.com]
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @07:37AM
Not a first, of course.
Remember the end of Gulf War 1? We abandoned our "partners" in Iraq then, exposing them to retribution from Hussein's government.
As usual, we only honor our commitments when we feel like it.
There's no telling where this might end. Faced with an existential threat, the various Kurdish groups may well come together, and carve out their nation of Kurdistan. They may even find that they can do the equivalent of Israel's Six Day War. OK, I'm not betting ona Six Day War, but I can hope. Erdogan needs a good ass whipping, IMHO. A good assassination would be even better.
Hail to the Nibbler in Chief.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Sulla on Monday October 07 2019, @08:21AM (2 children)
The Kurds and Syrians have been working things out for a while now preparing for the eventual American exodus. Assad indicated a year or so ago that he would be interested in a similar situation to what Iraq has, their own semi-autonamous region with representation in the Syrian parliament and the Kurds get to keep some percentage of the oil drilled there. The continued US presence just gets in the way because neither side had any real reason to make a deal yet. The Kurds and Syrians had already been working together on anti-ISIS efforts and Syria has control over a region inside of the Kurdish area (and has since the start of the chaos) without Syrian/Kurdish bloodshed.
The two groups also have a common foe, Turkey. In that region enemies of enemies end up as friends.
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday October 07 2019, @05:03PM
The two groups also have a common foe, Turkey.
While the U.S. and Russia trip over themselves competing for their business. Nobody wants competitors investing in the region. "Salting the earth" with endless war brings more profit....
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday October 08 2019, @12:21AM
Yeah, such a relief for the Kurds [news.com.au]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Tuesday October 08 2019, @04:11PM
This is by design... gotta keep the MIC well-fed.
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