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6. Oh, I agree the Kurds are the only ones that have been reliably on our side.

Reply to starroute (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 02:13 PM

Jul 2015

And our own administration has blocked heavy weapons aid to them, which is ridiculous.
OK, maybe put a fence around the Kurds, and let the rest of them hash it out

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Turkish Jets Strike Kurds in Iraq, Complicating Anti-ISIS Fight [View all] Bosonic Jul 2015 OP

time for a flotilla to help the kurds 6chars Jul 2015 #1

Should we give the Turks more bombs, or give the Kurds more Sams? bluedigger Jul 2015 #2

+10,000 US has sold billion$ in MIC arms in just past few years wordpix Jul 2015 #7

Put a fence around the whole Middle East and let the problem take care of itself. 7962 Jul 2015 #3

You're speaking out of ignorance and insulting the Kurds starroute Jul 2015 #4

Oh, I agree the Kurds are the only ones that have been reliably on our side. 7962 Jul 2015 #6

Just when I thought I couldn't like Turkey less. So they allow us to cross their airspace. freshwest Jul 2015 #9

Okay, I just re-read the link to see if I missed something big. I did: freshwest Jul 2015 #10

Turkey is not an innocent bystander in the Syrian war. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #11

I knew all of that. Thanks for your opinion. n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #12

Suspicious timing. What I want to know is, did the U.S. give assurances to Turkey that we would not scarletwoman Jul 2015 #5

The US considers the PKK a terrorist organization. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #8

I'm concerned that Turkey's entrance into the fighting Lodestar Jul 2015 #13