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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Mon Oct 7, 2019, 04:32 AM Oct 2019

Trump abandons Kurds to whim of Turkish troops; massacres to likely follow

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49956698

Shame on him! Shame!

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Trump abandons Kurds to whim of Turkish troops; massacres to likely follow (Original Post) shenmue Oct 2019 OP

We should apply major pressure on Moscow Marsha Blackburn. Not everyone Tanuki Oct 2019 #1

Trump will make the excuse that NATO does not pay "its fair share". Optical.Catalyst Oct 2019 #2

Tanuki

(14,914 posts)

1. We should apply major pressure on Moscow Marsha Blackburn. Not everyone

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 04:56 AM

Oct 2019

knows this, but the largest population of Kurds outside Kurdistan resides in Nashville.

Optical.Catalyst

(1,355 posts)

2. Trump will make the excuse that NATO does not pay "its fair share".

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 05:51 AM

Oct 2019

The reality is that a weakened NATO is equivalent to a stronger Russia. Trump will be looking for approval from Putin like a child trying to gain the good graces of the grandparents.

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