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2018-02-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Years Of U.S. Government Lies Could Soon Result In A Kurdish Massacre

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-03 16:57|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 The YPG has been referred to as Communists. There are two definitions of Communism and the YPG fits the rare definition. They are not of the tyrannical authoritarian definition, but that as a community under the rule of other governments they use a non property ownership, every thing is shared if necessary style of society in order to survive.

Posted by Unart Glusong4283 2018-02-03 18:30|| 2018-02-03 18:30|| Front Page Top

#2 There were no lies. The Kurds thought there was an implicit understanding. No such understanding existed. We kept them alive with copious equipment, training and on-call air strikes. They fought ISIS, which they would have had to do anyway to avoid ending up dead or in exile.

Who got the better end of the bargain? Who knows? But the reality is that it was a war of choice for us and a war of survival for them. We helped them survive. We owe the Kurds nothing. The way they're posturing these days, they certainly seem to think they owe us nothing. And that's OK. As long as we're clear that this is an alliance only for as long as we have mutual interests.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-02-03 18:33|| 2018-02-03 18:33|| Front Page Top

#3 We owe the Kurds nothing. The way they're posturing these days, they certainly seem to think they owe us nothing.

Always up for a good stomping of individuals in the State Interest™, Robert?

Posted by Frank G 2018-02-03 19:59|| 2018-02-03 19:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Not our stomping. I'm no fan of the Donald's personally, although I find no moral issues* with his stand vis-a-vis the Kurds. It would be nice if Trump threw the Kurds a bone, but he's not required to, except perhaps for sentimental reasons. The very fact that they needed bailing out points to their economic, military and political incompetence. Note that Israel needed zero military help to turf the Arabs. They bought everything they needed on a cash-and-carry basis. Whereas the Kurds are a shambolic mess who need our help just to feed themselves.

Trump wants to keep the Turks on the inside pissing out rather than the other way around. Now, if he quietly warned the Turks to stay out of Syria, they would undoubtedly comply. Because we can crush the Turkish economy without touching their military. And I expect we could destroy enough of the Turkish military's hardware that its famously-insubordinate generals would garrote Erdogan in the traditional Ottoman way, but on live TV, just to get a reprieve. After all, they prostrated themselves before Putin after the loss of a single antique warplane.

* Is Trump's affability vis-a-vis Erdogan related to his licensing agreement for Trump Towers Istanbul? Nobody knows. But I expect him to avoid any direct military entanglements requiring significant manpower and financial commitment for the same reason that Obama did - it's a major expenditure of political capital that results in reduced poll ratings, and doesn't help with many of the purely-domestic policy initiatives that need to be kick-started. Trump doesn't need his numbers to go any lower.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-02-03 20:59|| 2018-02-03 20:59|| Front Page Top

#5 I DO enjoy your versions of history, but I also like Netflix Stranger Things.

Posted by Frank G 2018-02-03 21:08|| 2018-02-03 21:08|| Front Page Top

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