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TexasProgresive

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2. I do as well. It is the fault of the Brits and French after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Reply to Amishman (Original post)

Tue Oct 17, 2017, 08:45 AM

Oct 2017

This is the same strategy used to keep Africa in check - divide the tribes, pitting them against one another. In the case of the middle east the Shi'ites should be part of Iran, the Sunnis to Jordan , the Kurds of Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq Kurdistan. What the colonial powers gave the region is a total instability. And then there's the interference of the U.S..

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I support Kurdish Independence, where does DU stand? [View all] Amishman Oct 2017 OP

None of my business. nt LexVegas Oct 2017 #1

I do as well. It is the fault of the Brits and French after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. TexasProgresive Oct 2017 #2

I do captain queeg Oct 2017 #3

Xenophon mentioned the Kurds AngryAmish Oct 2017 #8

I do. NCjack Oct 2017 #4

I support independence for whatever group wants it. Be it Scotland, the Kurds, or the sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #5

I stand with America ... dawg Oct 2017 #6

I support Hawaiian Independence Cartoonist Oct 2017 #7