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2016-02-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Western-backed Syrian forces make new gains in Aleppo

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Posted by badanov 2016-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: al-Nusra

#1 The Kurds have been helped big time by the Russian air attacks.

In effect, they (the Kurds) are becoming part of the Russia/Hezbollah/Iran support for the Assad regime.

And this hasn't been noticed by a single media org.

Posted by lord garth 2016-02-17 09:00|| 2016-02-17 09:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Is the Kurds throwing their lot in with Assad and Putin a sign the west has let them down so badly turning a totally blind eye to Turkey/ISIS overlaps...
MSM = State broadcasters.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2016-02-17 10:00|| 2016-02-17 10:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, BP, I'm afraid you're correct.

Posted by AlanC 2016-02-17 10:17|| 2016-02-17 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 ssshhhh..the freighter isn't finished yet.

A Team Assad Kurdish region with Russia as a protectorate right on Turkey's border would put an extra curl in Erdy's slippers. And a Kurdish region or even talk of a Kurdistan in the Russia/Iran axis would put an extra twist in his turban. It is no wonder Erdy is pounding his tiny fists on the War Drum again. I'm sorry, the Somebody Else Fight My War Drum.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-02-17 18:29|| 2016-02-17 18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Besides, it would be a little...uncomfortable..for the president, if news of the Klobbering Kurds of Kobane, the saviors of the Yazidis and other persecuted minorities, and the only group with the nuts and bolts to go toe-to-toe with the ISJV, armed with basic weapons, and kick them right in the dick, if that got out, why it would take the sheen right off of Obama's bracket picks.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-02-17 18:41|| 2016-02-17 18:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't hold back, # 5 swksvolFF.

Tell us what you really think. :-D

Posted by Barbara 2016-02-17 21:26|| 2016-02-17 21:26|| Front Page Top

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