Maybe you read this post on DU...maybe not?
"they fought along side of us" is "gas lighting".
"Even most supporters of the Kurds are presenting the bloody, horrific 5 year war to take away the Islamic State's Caliphate in such an unbalanced way that it's essentially dishonest.
The Kurds fought the Islamic State half a mile to several miles OUT IN FRONT OF US, or 3,000 to 20,000 feet BELOW US. NOT "side-by-side" or "shoulder to shoulder" with us. That's how the Kurdish Pesh Merga lost 11,000 killed in action - men and women soldiers alike - while we lost 10.
Some of those 11,000 killed were captives of the Islamic State's sadistic butchers and rapists before they died, too.
Our special forces were back on some hilltop or knoll with laptops, overhead photography, maps, and laser ranging tools, sending the Kurds up front coordinates and images of where THEY should "engage" the ISIS fighters next. And of course our warplanes above bombed the holy hell out of ISIS fighters... then flew safely back to their bases or carriers.
We purposefully used the Kurds to keep Americans safely out of rifle and RPG range. And they accepted that, did the actual ground fighting, and died and were wounded (24,000) in large numbers as a result.
That's quite some ally we had there.
And then Trump after one of his famously nuts phone calls turns the Turks loose on them"
I'm a Vietnam infantry veteran. I saw plenty, and I speak from the same spot this military person speaks from, only 50 years later with technology and news much more readily available than in my day.
Yes, it is harsh. I have very guarded respect for any current or recent military personnel.. The great majority are ignorant supporters to this republican BS. I've parted ways with these fools, and I have little sympathy for their blind stupidity. It's harsh...but it's grounded in a lot of experiences with veterans and current military personnel. It happens to be my opinion...not proud of it, but I feel pretty safe in having drawn it.
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