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[Kidlicious]

Are you talking about the Communist Kurds?

[Proteus_MST]

Now you're pro-war, because Orange Man.

I would be of the same opinion if it had been a decision by the Obama government.

I am against letting get the syrian kurdish territory get under control of Erdogan.
Especially since the kurdish troops fought bravely and (in contrast to the americans) gave lots of their blood in defense of freedom

And what will happen when/if the kurdish territory gets under control of Erdogan can be perfectly well be seen in the turkish territories already under turkish control.
Actively efforts to erase the turkish culture (including forbidding turkish kurds to speak the kurdish language) and genocide


It may also happen that the kurdish territory in Syria becomes a permanent battleground between IS (contrary to Trumps statements the IS still has almost 20k fighters ... they are weak, but not totally erased), the Kurds, Turkey, Iran and Syria. Some kind oif instable region that Obama was accused of creating when he withdrew his trooops from Iraq ... and therefore possibly a breeding ground for some new extremist movement.

That the stab in the back of the syrian Kurds will also not go unnoticed by other minorities (that could be useful to the americans in the future) should also be clear.
It will very likely result in such movements ratrher seeking the help of russia or Chiona than the USA ... according to the motto: Timeo Americanos et dona ferentes

[Kidlicious]

I would be of the same opinion if it had been a decision by the Obama government.

I am against letting get the syrian kurdish territory get under control of Erdogan.
Especially since the kurdish troops fought bravely and (in contrast to the americans) gave lots of their blood in defense of freedom

And what will happen when/if the kurdish territory gets under control of Erdogan can be perfectly well be seen in the turkish territories already under turkish control.
Actively efforts to erase the turkish culture (including forbidding turkish kurds to speak the kurdish language) and genocide


It may also happen that the kurdish territory in Syria becomes a permanent battleground between IS (contrary to Trumps statements the IS still has almost 20k fighters ... they are weak, but not totally erased), the Kurds, Turkey, Iran and Syria. Some kind oif instable region that Obama was accused of creating when he withdrew his trooops from Iraq ... and therefore possibly a breeding ground for some new extremist movement.

That the stab in the back of the syrian Kurds will also not go unnoticed by other minorities (that could be useful to the americans in the future) should also be clear.
It will very likely result in such movements ratrher seeking the help of russia or Chiona than the USA ... according to the motto: Timeo Americanos et dona ferentes

Send German boys to protect them.

[Proteus_MST]

Send German boys to protect them.

Wouldn't look nice for the world, if german troops would occupy foreign territory again, less than 75 years after the 3rd Reich

[Kidlicious]

Wouldn't look nice for the world, if german troops would occupy foreign territory again, less than 75 years after the 3rd Reich

But you think it looks good for us?

[Proteus_MST]

But you think it looks good for us?

You, just like the russians, have a habit/70 year old tradition of occupying foreign territories and fighting proxy wars ... it would look totally normal if you do it

[spambot]

Not a short read, but definitely worth the time. Article details the sh1tshow that was Trump's "transition" into office, including what really happened with Chris Christie getting shut out of any post in the new administration:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/201...ransition-team

Not that it matters, but I did post that link eight posts before you

[-Jrabbit]

My bad. Well done, you!

[Kidlicious]

You, just like the russians, have a habit/70 year old tradition of occupying foreign territories and fighting proxy wars ... it would look totally normal if you do it

There is no public support for just protecting Kurds or containing Turkey.

[Aeson]

There's no public support for Trump being president either ...

[ZEE]

I want to post a quippy one-liner so I can fit in too.

[Aeson]

Trump blamed Obama for creating ISIS by not keeping troops in Iraq. He said we should protect the Kurds. Now he's going to try to create ISIS2 and not protect the Kurds?

[pchang]

Trump did not get a good performance review from Putin this fall. Trump is hoping that pulling out of Syria will get him a bigger raise next year.

[Uncle Sparky]

I'm sure the Ayatollahs will also be happy America retreated.

[spambot]

"ACLU sues Texas over law that says contractors can't boycott Israel"

[Dinner]

Trump abandoning Syria is exactly what Putin wants. I suspect he is completely compromised.

[Dinner]

https://youtu.be/GguyPH299F4

They read out the transcripts of the court proceedings right there It debunks all of kidiot's lies.

[Dinner]

https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/422145-russia-praises-us-decision-to-pull-out-of-syria?rnd=1545254220

We all know why he is abandoning the Kurds... His master told him to. The second we leave Assad will start killing them.