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delrem

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2. If the US/Turkey alliance sacrificed the Kurds,

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Original post)

Tue Aug 4, 2015, 01:24 AM

Aug 2015

and the Kurds lived in peace before this shit hit them, what else can the Kurds do?

Of course, the USA in totally innocent of all this because there's always a D or R in charge, and there's no accounting for them.

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Syria Kurds Set Terms for Partnership With Assad [View all] Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 OP

Good article on the context of Assad-Kurdish cooperation: Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #1

If the US/Turkey alliance sacrificed the Kurds, delrem Aug 2015 #2

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #3

"US, Turkey Agree to Keep Syrian Kurds Out of Proposed Border Zone" Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #4

that part makes sense--they don't want the PKK to have an enclave to do its own geek tragedy Aug 2015 #5

The Syrian Kurds (the PKK allies) already have huge enclaves along the border. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #7

It's rich, really. bemildred Aug 2015 #10

"I'll take amazingly huge IF's for $25 Billion, Alex." geek tragedy Aug 2015 #6

Assad has already pretty much granted them autonomy. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2015 #8

There will never be a western system of government over their AngryAmish Aug 2015 #9

Japan and Korea and Israel and Turkey itself geek tragedy Aug 2015 #11

All of those nations, by and large, are monoethnic AngryAmish Aug 2015 #12

South Africa and India are monoethnic? nt geek tragedy Aug 2015 #13

ah, you got me there. AngryAmish Aug 2015 #14

The grand irony is that Assad had already committed Syria to a more democratic future. Xithras Aug 2015 #15