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maxrandb

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46. I spent 30 years in the Navy and 5 as a civil servant

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:47 PM

Oct 2019

A lot of that time deployed to that region and hotspot.

I'm fully aware of the history of the Kurds, as I am with the history of the Palestinians.

There are difficult, but workable solutions that don't include giving Turkey, or Israel carte blanche to murder people.

The Kurds have been our allies in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

We shouldn't simply cut and run because "that's the way we've always done it".

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"The Kurds? Yes, you may kill them." [View all] dalton99a Oct 2019 OP

Oh lort, this is bad. blm Oct 2019 #1

All of the above. Nevermypresident Oct 2019 #2

Plus... joost5 Oct 2019 #34

que nojo lambchopp59 Oct 2019 #3

He's not a human being, just like Ivanka...... pangaia Oct 2019 #25

Trump is actually conforming to Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #4

Sadly, yes MaryMagdaline Oct 2019 #6

Bull-Fucking-Shit! maxrandb Oct 2019 #16

Actually you might want to crack open a history book. It was George H.W. Bush that betrayed them. AtheistCrusader Oct 2019 #21

a much more accurate take stopdiggin Oct 2019 #39

In Iraq. This is Syria. They live in three different countries. station agent Oct 2019 #40

You mean 1991 and yes, that's actually the problem. They have been denied a nation of their own. AtheistCrusader Oct 2019 #41

At least 4 different countries. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #44

Thanks! Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #37

I spent 30 years in the Navy and 5 as a civil servant maxrandb Oct 2019 #46

All 4 are motives. gab13by13 Oct 2019 #5

K&R MaryMagdaline Oct 2019 #7

Previously, tRump sold out freedom of millions in HK by promising China he wouldn't support protests Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #8

Two bastards there in that picture bdamomma Oct 2019 #9

Noticed they cropped the blood dripping from their hands. PaulRevere08 Oct 2019 #10

trump has betrayed the Kurds Gothmog Oct 2019 #11

This is one of the darkest days ever for American foreign policy... regnaD kciN Oct 2019 #12

Not ''we'': The orange caligula and his rotten family of corrupt grifters. nt Lock him up. Oct 2019 #42

They act as if no one is watching. dchill Oct 2019 #13

Perfect picture an ogre shaking hands with a snake..... gordianot Oct 2019 #14

Frum's Item 4 DallasNE Oct 2019 #15

Two sociopaths or one sociopath and a psychopath shaking hands- 58Sunliner Oct 2019 #17

The world is watching - so this is how we treat our "allies" now? FakeNoose Oct 2019 #18

December 2018..... Roland99 Oct 2019 #19

+1. dalton99a Oct 2019 #20

Every day it seems, fresh grounds for Treason and Impeachment make headlines. AtheistCrusader Oct 2019 #22

Someone needs to beat the living fuck out of Prince Jared. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2019 #23

What did the Turks promise Trump? Happy Hoosier Oct 2019 #24

Cuz it's Vlad's birthday? BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #28

Syria became all about defeating ISIS stopdiggin Oct 2019 #43

My stomach is lurching BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #26

Contacted my senator/representative Desert_Leslie Oct 2019 #27

Thank you for taking action and calling your reps flamingdem Oct 2019 #30

YES!!! Do this!!! Make some noise! calimary Oct 2019 #36

Moscow Mitch and Russiapublicans should be blasted by voters over this Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #45

This is terrible cp Oct 2019 #29

Oh come on. It's not like Turkey has a history of genocide. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #31

If only the framers had put in a clause about emoluments in the constitution Takket Oct 2019 #32

This just infuriates me! smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #33

She's still busy doing private business on the taxpayers' dime? calimary Oct 2019 #35

The madman must be taken out, NOW! rickyhall Oct 2019 #38