"Is The U.S. Betraying The Syrian Kurds?" Topic
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Tango01  | 13 Apr 2019 10:08 p.m. PST |
"The Islamic State has finally fizzled. Its caliphate, daringly declared from the pulpit of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, in Iraq, in 2014, had been the size of Britain, ruled eight million people, lured recruits from eighty countries, and threatened to redraw the map of the Middle East. It ended, in the Syrian farming hamlet of Baghouz, as little more than a junk yard about the size of Central Park, filled with burnt-out vehicles and dilapidated tents. Tens of thousands of ISIS loyalists, both fighters and their families, opted to surrender—and face life in crammed prisons and dreary detention camps—rather than become martyrs in ISIS's promised paradise…."
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Betrayal is a harsh word. Everyone knew (and knows) that the U.S. will not stay permanently in Syria, including the Kurds and their allies. The fact that almost 1,000 U.S. soldiers still remain in Syria, and probably will till next year, it is not precisely any betrayal….
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| Jcfrog | 14 Apr 2019 11:01 a.m. PST |
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| SOB Van Owen | 14 Apr 2019 11:13 a.m. PST |
Kurds should be used to it by now.
When you consider that the primary foreign policy objective of any new US President of a different party is to repudiate his predecessor's foreign policy, this is to be expected. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 14 Apr 2019 11:37 a.m. PST |
There is no betrayal because no promises or commitments were made between the US and the Kurds. The US and the rest of the world are very well aware that the Kurdish issue is a sensitive political hot potato and know better than to appear overly supportive of their cause (i.e. independent statehood). The temporary alliance with the Kurds was one of convenience against ISIS, nothing more and nothing less. |
| Lion in the Stars | 14 Apr 2019 2:08 p.m. PST |
We really should have split Iraq into ~three states with a federal government above them, like the US. Sunnistan, Shiastan, and Kurdistan. |
| Tango01 | 14 Apr 2019 3:30 p.m. PST |
Agree!
And of course….they would be at war for ages!… (smile)
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| Pythagoras | 14 Apr 2019 7:29 p.m. PST |
"Agree!
And of course….they would be at war for ages!… (smile) Amicalement
Armand" So, no change? |
| Twilight Samurai | 14 Apr 2019 8:59 p.m. PST |
On the bright side, war is a big employer, the only steady one in a lot of the world. |
| Tango01 | 15 Apr 2019 10:48 a.m. PST |
No changes in that part of the World about war…
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