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5. "our" "anti-Assad" "allies" would be...

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 02:47 PM

Feb 2016

the foreign-led jihadis financed & armed by the Saudis with U.S. help, whose interchange with Daesh/ISIS is ample.

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Syrian Kurdish forces said to capture most of rebel-held former military airport [View all] MowCowWhoHow III Feb 2016 OP

Female Kurdish fighter driving T-72 MBT w/ slate armor: bemildred Feb 2016 #2

So our Kurdish allies are now fighting our anti-Assad allies? Akicita Feb 2016 #3

"our" "anti-Assad" "allies" would be... JackRiddler Feb 2016 #5

Like I said. What a mess. Akicita Feb 2016 #7

How those girls must love that life, I bet, Joe Chi Minh Feb 2016 #4

Please don't romanticize it. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #6

Thanks for that most interesting info, Sluggy. I wondered Joe Chi Minh Feb 2016 #10

No fancy sensors on the T-72, just eyes. happyslug Feb 2016 #11

Thanks again. That was the impression I had : that Joe Chi Minh Feb 2016 #17

Kurdistan is an incredible success story Yupster Feb 2016 #13

Wow ! wonderful to hear. Thanks, Yupster. I'm particularly Joe Chi Minh Feb 2016 #16

To me, your rebels are plain 'terrorists', Yupster, out to overthrow. Joe Chi Minh Feb 2016 #20

Other than the Kurds I have no support for any other group in Syria Yupster Feb 2016 #21

Russian Intervention in Syrian War Has Sharply Reduced U.S. Options bemildred Feb 2016 #8

This is why Turkey and Saufi Arabia will be invading very shortly. roamer65 Feb 2016 #12

Yes, once Russia put troops on the ground our options were reduced to Yupster Feb 2016 #14

And so the Turks shell the Kurds at the airbase muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #18