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Turkish troops cross into Syria; Iran launches military drill near Turkish border: reports

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  1. mdrobster

    mdrobster Well-Known Member

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    BS, Trump has enabled war in the region to expand, by giving Turkey the green light to engage in war. They have carte blanche in that region now, with old scores to settle. The Kurds don't have the resources to put up much of a front to Turkey. Turkey has a terrible past with minorities, remember the Armenians.
     
    mdrobster, Oct 10, 2019
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    Keep your friendly countries close but your enemy countries closer.
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Oh I see.

    Your plan is to use US troops as human shields to hopefully stop the attack.

    Why don't you volunteer?
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I'm not the one who thinks they have the solution to the impossible scenario.
     
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  5. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The whining will continue no matter what happens.
     
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Right.

    Trump shouldn't talk to Putin or Kim, but he should with Erdogan.
     
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    Iran is just as bad as ISIS. They may be fighting ISIS, but they fund, train and equip terrorists that are just as bad. It is a bad thing that they have gained so much influence in Iraq. There are lots of Shia in Iraq too, 30-40% of the population.
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    refunding their money rather then stealing it got them to sign the deal didn't it, seems to have worked - but then Trump said, no, lets give them the money with them having to agree to a deal
     
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  9. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That money belonged to the government the current terror regime executed a coup on.

    That's like stealing someone's car and having the bank give you back the payments from the guy you stole it from.

    It was also against US sanction law at the time, which is why they flew it in on an airplane in non-US cash.
     
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    They gained influence in Iraq because of Bush Jr's war !!!!!
     
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    Attempting to blame what Trump perpetrated upon the world is foly at best. I expected better from people here on this Forum and I know most are capable of better arguments. But ..........
     
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    And let us not forget that the Turks invaded and took over Constantinople which was in Greece which is Europe.
     
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  13. The Mello Guy

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    We do that all over the world. Ask South Korea, Japan, Germany...
     
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    We are the ones that stupidly invaded Iraq, destabilized it and caused ISIS to have a place to germinate and for Iran to get connected with the same cult of Islam. I have said all along that we should have left Iraq alone but found way to scrud Iran.
     
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    To stop NATO countries from invading a country that didn't invite us and we don't have a SOFA with?

    No. We don't.
     
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    To protect our allies
     
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  17. RP12

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    Turkey is an ally.....
     
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    Syria?
     
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    The Kurds
     
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  20. RP12

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    To fix the problem of going in we should never leave seems to be the Progressive mantra...
     
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    If history teaches us anything about the Middle East, it's that no one has to enable those savages to make war, they simply kill each other out of shear BORDOM, sport and nonsense :)
     
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    Are the Kurds a country or a NATO ally?

    Once again, please explain your idea of using US troops to prevent invasion of a country we have no SOFA agreement with, to stop an attack by a NATO power.
     
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    Jefferson was right... We never seem to learn
     
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    Ok so we go in and *help* the Kurds you are aware they want there own country right? Do you think the Syrian, Iraqi and Turkey Goverments are just going to give that land away?
     
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  25. Thedimon

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    So, you support massacring 20,000 prisoners?
     
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