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freshwest

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7. Some problems with that link, flaming dem on details. Here's more:

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Mon Oct 20, 2014, 09:37 AM

Oct 2014

U.S. airdrops weapons, supplies to besieged Syrian Kurds

A senior administration official said the U.S. has emphasized with the Turkish government the urgency with which it views the situation in Kobani. In a telephone call on Saturday, President Barack Obama told Turkish President Reçep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. intended to resupply the Kurdish fighters with Iraqi Kurdish arms.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-airdrops-weapons-supplies-to-besieged-syrian-kurds-2014-10-20-01033214

Yes, Obama got them to see reason and stop with the deadly obstruction.

MV shared this from the BBC in his thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014922917

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U.S. Airdrops Weapons, Supplies to Besieged Syrian Kurds [View all] flamingdem Oct 2014 OP

Since Turkey isn't doing anything anyway, the hell with 'em! winstars Oct 2014 #1

Erdogan is incredibly stubborn but I suppose flamingdem Oct 2014 #2

Erdogan cares about getting rid of Assad. ISIS? Meh, not so much. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #3

I suspect that he faces sure riots if he continues to not aid the Kurds karynnj Oct 2014 #11

Interesting - Turkey stands to lose flamingdem Oct 2014 #12

Not mention our great group of "allies" who are Sunni who wanted Assad gone karynnj Oct 2014 #13

Nothing quite like a current immediate threat to get people to re-think their old hatreds. nt bemildred Oct 2014 #15

Let me reiterate! Thank you USA! This is from last month but.. Cha Oct 2014 #4

Airdrops instead of genocide. Earlier report said if the city fell, the vulnerable elderly would be freshwest Oct 2014 #5

This is a joke, a bad one. AngryAmish Oct 2014 #6

You obviously don't understand that there are different TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #8

No one - least of all anyone in Obama's administration disputes what the Kurds have done karynnj Oct 2014 #14

Some problems with that link, flaming dem on details. Here's more: freshwest Oct 2014 #7

The U.S. is aiding both sides, cool... former9thward Oct 2014 #9

What a quagmire flamingdem Oct 2014 #10