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2019-10-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Kurdish Militia in Syria Likely to Join with Assad, Putin

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-10-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 As predicted.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-09 01:57|| 2019-10-09 01:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Cluster---.
Kudos to Trump for having the good sense to keep us out.

Posted by Lex 2019-10-09 02:41|| 2019-10-09 02:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Assuming YPG is really Sein Fein to PKK's IRA, an alliance with "Yearning for the Good Old Days" Putin seems like an inevitable match.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-10-09 09:55|| 2019-10-09 09:55|| Front Page Top

#4 The U.S. left-wing media's balloon sure lost air quickly on this story. They were all about Orange Man Bad and Stupid for a very short time.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-10-09 10:58|| 2019-10-09 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Loathsome as Assad is there is a natural fit between Assad's Alaiwites and the Kurds -- they are both minority "outsiders". Besides, "Kurdistan Irredenta" would require the Kurds, or their sponsor, declaring war on Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.

Posted by magpie 2019-10-09 20:30|| 2019-10-09 20:30|| Front Page Top

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