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RP: The Kurds got screwed AGAIN. I do NOT see them trusting the United States ever again!
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| I:9626 | Bojicat ( 822.51 points) | October 07, 2019 10:17am |
We hear that this 'pull back' is calculated to avoid 'accidental' clashes between the Turks and Americans when the Turks roll into these border towns to set up their Kurd-free cordon sanitaire.
The main reason, deliberately kept sotto voce, is to create a safe space for the mass dump-transfer of millions of Syrians living in Turkey [Link] (from Istanbul especially, where the new anti-regime mayor was sent up on a 'clear-them-all-out' platform [Link]
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| D:1 | RP ( 5639.51 points) | October 07, 2019 11:29am |
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| D:1 | RP ( 5639.51 points) | October 07, 2019 01:43pm |
Wow. Lots of Republicans including McConnell telling Trump this was wrong.
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| D:1 | RP ( 5639.51 points) | October 08, 2019 09:12am |
RP: Has any group gotten screwed over more times than the Kurds?
Hey, ask and ye shall be answered -
The U.S. Is Now Betraying the Kurds for the Eighth Time - [Link] |
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| D:1 | RP ( 5639.51 points) | October 08, 2019 10:29pm |
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| D:1 | RP ( 5639.51 points) | October 09, 2019 09:27am |
Bojicat: The main reason, deliberately kept sotto voce, is to create a safe space for the mass dump-transfer of millions of Syrians living in Turkey
I'm sure that's one reason, but they aren't even hiding that the main reason is to attack the Kurds.
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4881.18 points) | October 09, 2019 12:18pm |
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| D:1 | RP ( 5639.51 points) | October 09, 2019 02:30pm |
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| D:1 | RP ( 5639.51 points) | October 09, 2019 04:36pm |
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4881.18 points) | October 10, 2019 08:35am |
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 9685.29 points) | October 10, 2019 01:02pm |
Lindsey Graham style outrage
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I sucked up to Trump for 2 and a half years for this?!?
Seriously, I wonder if this will get Graham to stop attacking the impeachment process.
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| Joker:9757 | BrentinCO ( 9685.29 points) | October 10, 2019 04:10pm |
CA Pol Junkie: I sucked up to Trump for 2 and a half years for this?!?
Seriously, I wonder if this will get Graham to stop attacking the impeachment process.
Probably not. I’ve always figured Trump must have some compromising photos of Graham, because Lindsey’s defense of Trump always seems disingenous and manufactured - very forced.
But this could be enough to give some elected Republicans what they need to break with Trump. This is the type of story where the attrocities and reprucussions of the policy decision will continue to make headlines for years to come.
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 4881.18 points) | October 10, 2019 04:15pm |
Graham wanted two things by making his bargain - guarantee reelection by ensuring he can't be successfully primaried from the right, and hope to be the one at the President's side advising on foreign policy rather than Rand Paul. The latter isn't working out.
Maybe "Graham's bargain" will enter the political lexicon.
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