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2015-07-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

General Says U.S. Does Not Support Kurdish Entity in Syria

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-07-15 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Allen is closely tied to the Brookings Institution, a left-wing think tank. His mush-mouthed comments on the Kurds in Syria and his seeming apologia for the Iran nuclear deal should indicate where he stands politically.

Posted by Clyde Borgia7976 2015-07-15 09:52|| 2015-07-15 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Allen stating what could be categorized as a 'blinding flash of the obvious.' The greater question should be, why does the U.S. not support the Kurds ?

Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-15 11:27|| 2015-07-15 11:27|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure this is to molify Turkey.

A better way would be to convince the Kurds in Turkey (and Iran) to migrate to a new homeland in Northern Iraq and Syria. That would solve Turkey's problem, cut off Iranian support for nonsense in Lebanon and create a bad-ass state in the middle-east that wasn't insane.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-07-15 14:18|| 2015-07-15 14:18|| Front Page Top

#4 As I recall, the Kurds are currently about a quarter of Turkey's population; with a much higher birthrate than the Turks, they are projected to become the majority in a generation or two. Why should they leave, when with patience they will inherit control of the entire country?

Posted by trailing wife 2015-07-15 16:54|| 2015-07-15 16:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Why should they leave when the evidence is they've been there longer than Turks?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-07-15 17:15|| 2015-07-15 17:15|| Front Page Top

#6 How is the seemingly pro-Federal Iraq Obama Admin going to prevent Iraq's breakup, espec as it is materially-n-$$$ helping Iraq's Allies in the anti-ISIS/ISIL fight get militarily stronger in order to defeat the ISIS/ISIL in lieu of using US Troops???

TO PARAPH CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER > "OOOOPPPPSSSSIES"!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-15 19:41|| 2015-07-15 19:41|| Front Page Top

#7 What is wrong with these people?

Posted by newc 2015-07-15 19:45|| 2015-07-15 19:45|| Front Page Top

#8 What is wrong? Leftism is both a disease and a religion.

Posted by 3dc 2015-07-15 21:21|| 2015-07-15 21:21|| Front Page Top

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