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Why after all that has been done to the Kurds and broken promises by US - would the Kurds Pachamama 22 hrs ago #1
Exactly my first thought. IQ45 completely hung them out to dry vs. Turkey and probably burned that bridge AZJonnie 22 hrs ago #4
Trmp abandoned the Kurds on the battlefield last time. I doubt they'll be eager allies after that. nt eppur_se_muova 22 hrs ago #2
Jeepers, sounds like just what they did with the Jan 6th insurrectionists. bluestarone 22 hrs ago #3
I'm sure this will thrill Turkey. NT Gore1FL 21 hrs ago #5
Once again, arm another group to fight proxy wars and sow hatred among groups. erronis 21 hrs ago #6
Sounds like a grand idea! Bayard 21 hrs ago #7
Kurds know who they are dealing with Bluestocking 21 hrs ago #8
What a fustercluck! greatauntoftriplets 21 hrs ago #9
Some Kurds want their own country bmichaelh 21 hrs ago #10
Didn't Bush the first screw them over in the 80s? BidenRocks 20 hrs ago #11
Yep, GW betrayed the Iraqi Kurds... Spazito 18 hrs ago #18
What about Alberta? usonian 20 hrs ago #12
Isn't there a law against the CIA being involved Bev54 20 hrs ago #13
These are the same Kurds that we abandoned after the Iraqi war, right? In my opinion the biggest betrayal of an...... FadedMullet 19 hrs ago #14
That wasn't the embassy. BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #17
This sort of thing has been the M.O. of the West for moniss 19 hrs ago #15
The irony of today in this era, is that the U.S. is the LARGEST oil producer IN THE WORLD BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #16
Yes and just like with Venezuela it moniss 17 hrs ago #19
But there is another reason and it's not the "oil barons" who aren't really interested at the moment BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #23
The CIA has a terrible history with IRAN thought crime 17 hrs ago #20
Yes, especially Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA coup of the legitimately elected PM, Mohammad Mosaddegh and strengthening Celerity 12 hrs ago #21
How do we plan to fuck these people over this time? LoveSucky 8 hrs ago #22
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