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TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:16 PM Oct 2019

Turkey & Russia attacking Kurds. Could this be to also fuel refugees, driving Far-Right Populism?

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Portugal suffered a RW defeat, favoring socialist leadership.

The attacks on the Kurds were said to drive refugees into the EU, which would impact politics there.


The Turks hate the Kurds. The Kurds are US allies, which does not bode well with Russia.


Trumps order to abandon our allies and retreat, could be a multi-faceted venture by Turkey & Russia.

Get the Kurds to flee to the EU and more RW authoritarian extremists get elected to office.


Just a thought.

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Turkey & Russia attacking Kurds. Could this be to also fuel refugees, driving Far-Right Populism? (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Oct 2019 OP
It's peripheral, but certainly a plus for the fascists. n/t Dennis Donovan Oct 2019 #1
I think that's a plus for their strategy Baked Potato Oct 2019 #2
Part of the plan? 2naSalit Oct 2019 #3
Great victory for Putin Johnny2X2X Oct 2019 #4
You're thinking too hard TheFarseer Oct 2019 #5
I doubt that they think that far ahead. TwilightZone Oct 2019 #6

Johnny2X2X

(18,745 posts)
4. Great victory for Putin
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 12:51 PM
Oct 2019

This is a win for him on several levels. Gets to build his pipeline and subjugate.exterminate an entire race. He also gets to send a message to the world that the US is his lapdog and will not oppose his aggression anywhere, Putin has the green light to do what he wants, the US won't even protect our most valuable ally against ISIS, one that is vital to our own security interests. And the refugee crisis will worsen driving more xenophobia.

Above all, this is Putin planting his flag in the heart of American foreign policy and security. This is his world now, he's the alpha dog, the US will do nothing to oppose him.

TheFarseer

(9,308 posts)
5. You're thinking too hard
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 01:02 PM
Oct 2019

It’s something to do with the profitability of Trump Tower in Turkey. He’s too dumb to think of something that 3 dimensional. Immigration is down and it didn’t stop him from calling it a emergency. A few extra refugees won’t effect anything he is doing/saying.

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
6. I doubt that they think that far ahead.
Wed Oct 9, 2019, 07:44 PM
Oct 2019

Pretty much everything Trump does is a knee-jerk response to something, so I doubt he's considered the ramifications beyond the present.

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