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. I would not be surprised to see it look like Iraq or S. Africa in a few years. Sad to say.
originally posted by: vonclod
a reply to: Mach2
Should the US go in, guns blazing in those situations too?
No, you didn't have to do a damn thing, except keep in place whatever token # of troops were there, the Turks were not going to attack whilst U.S. forces were there.
originally posted by: vonclod
a reply to: Mach2
Seemed to be working..no?
I need to know if u are capable of protecting my people, stopping these bombs falling on us or not... If not, I need to make a deal w/Russia & regime now & invite their planes to protect this region
originally posted by: Gorgonite
We have abandoned the Kurds. So much so that they are turning to Russia for help.
I need to know if u are capable of protecting my people, stopping these bombs falling on us or not... If not, I need to make a deal w/Russia & regime now & invite their planes to protect this region
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originally posted by: Gorgonite
We have abandoned the Kurds. So much so that they are turning to Russia for help.
I need to know if u are capable of protecting my people, stopping these bombs falling on us or not... If not, I need to make a deal w/Russia & regime now & invite their planes to protect this region
LINK
Just exactly how long would you have liked the US to stay in that position? Forever is not realistic. Until the hatred disapates is not realistic.
originally posted by: vonclod
a reply to: Mach2
Just exactly how long would you have liked the US to stay in that position? Forever is not realistic. Until the hatred disapates is not realistic.
At the core of it, I agree..to some degree. But, all that appears to have happened is some token troops were moved aside, not out of Syria/ME, so the Turks could do what they wanted to the Kurds. I get it's a quagmire, but this move is as shady as f__k.
And to boot, 3,000 troops to SA, not sounding like this is about getting any troops out of the ME.
originally posted by: carewemust
I'm confused about this "Kurds" issue.
I thought the U.S. went to Syria to defeat ISIS.
Did we take Kurd fighters with us, and then abandon them there, after ISIS was defeated?
Or, were the Kurds there already?
originally posted by: Mach2
originally posted by: vonclod
a reply to: Mach2
Seemed to be working..no?
Just exactly how long would you have liked the US to stay in that position? Forever is not realistic. Until the hatred disapates is not realistic.
We were in a sovereign nation, uninvited, on the pretence of fighting ISIS terroriats, not in support of nation building for Kurdish independence.
I'll say it one more time. If either NATO, or the UN can form a coalition in support of the Kurds, then I will consider being part of that solution. Otherwise I'm out of the policeman business, when there are zero national interest implications.
Now, you can argue that ISIS will reemerge if we leave, but I think Turkey and Syria will stop that from occuring because neither of them really want the US to come back, because if we have to go back, it will be hard and fast.