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US to stop arming anti-IS Syrian Kurdish YPG militia - Turkey
The US is to stop supplying arms to the Syrian Kurdish militia the YPG, Turkey has said. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said President Donald Trump had made the promise in a phone call to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The White House said it was making "adjustments" to its support for partners inside Syria but did not explicitly name the YPG.
Turkey has long complained about US support for the group. Washington has viewed the YPG as a key player in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS), but Ankara brands the group's fighters as terrorists. Turkey says the YPG is as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group it has been fighting for decades in south-eastern Turkey. The US, however, has seen the YPG as distinct from the PKK. In May it announced it would supply arms to the Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which were poised to drive IS from its stronghold of Raqqa. It had previously armed only Arab elements of the SDF.
Goodbye, Kurdistan?
Also at Reuters, NPR, Daily Sabah, and RT.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26 2017, @06:12PM (2 children)
How cute, an idiot thinks violence is only solution. Maybe look at history of the world a little? 100+ MILLION dead and nothing really changed. Only successful changes come from NEGOTIATIONS.
Maybe you should read some books instead of bullshitting here.
Oh boo-fucking-hoo you fucking idiot. There are MILLIONS of people that will die if you have a war. You seem to forget that? Magic will happen and everyone will be peaceful of only a few people get some guns? Look at Myanmar (who's stopping that genocide???). Look at Syria. Look at Libya. The Congo War. Yemen. Fucking hell, how stupid are you? Listing some idiots with a gun and 20 people dead as some horrible massacre? USA has those almost every other week and they are not even a war zone. The only thing preventing ethnic cleansing is *peace*.
But no. You want a war. You want 1,000,000+ dead or 100+ of those biggest massacres you listed but all at once? You want that because you can't imagine the consequences of not doing something peacefully.
You want fucking independence, you put your ass on the line like Gandhi did. But as soon as you raise guns, you are fucking over everyone. And if you were in my community claiming you "fight for my independence", I'll shoot you myself. I want order and peace, not some asshole clamming they want peace for me while contributing to death of my loves ones. Fuck independence - independence is only for power hungry assholes. Order and stability is what people want and need.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26 2017, @07:10PM
You must forgive Runaway. After all, he is 'merican. Violence and having sex with firearms is in his nature. Did I ever tell you the story about the frog and the scorpion, and Runaway1926?
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 26 2017, @07:16PM
YOU take off the rose colored glasses, then YOU look at history.
"And if you were in my community claiming you "fight for my independence", I'll shoot you myself."
And, you're a fucking hypocrite. Not to mention, an idiot. You're going to shoot me? Then, you've chosen sides, you've picked up arms, and you've entered the war. You, your home, your kin, everything that you cherish is forfeit, just because you exist. And, the enemy has a long, long, memory. THAT is why the Turks are trying so very hard to kill off the Kurds. And, the Yazidi. Not to mention a few dozen other small tribes that almost no one has ever heard of.
"And if you were in my community claiming you "fight for my independence", I'll shoot you myself."
You sure talk a tough story. I'm an old bastard today - but I have the TRAINING to use my weapons. Nothing that you've posted suggests that you know which end of the firestick goes "boom". And, nothing you've posted suggests that you've ever been at the sharp end. You're just going to pick up a weapon, and take me on? Christ on a crutch - you naive children have no concept. Here - read - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [wikipedia.org]
If you can wrap your mind around that parable, you MAY be ready to understand this post: http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Galloway_062304,00.html [military.com]
Go ahead, talk shit.