White House reveals policy
shift following conversation between Trump and Erdoğan
The White House has given the
green light to a Turkish offensive into northern Syria, moving US
forces out of the area in an abrupt foreign policy change that will
in effect abandon the Kurds, Washington’s longtime military
partner.
BUTWHATHAVETHEYDONELATELYFORDONNIE (October 7)
Though there are more Kurds* than Norwegians plus Dutch,
the Kurds have never mattered that much.
So what does it matter whether you're heard,
Donnie declared, “To hell
with the Kurds!”?
Kurds, a minority, wherever they
are,
are ever ready for slaughter.
They yearn for a
“Kurdistan”, but that doesn't matter:
it isn't a country, it hasn't border.
That said, Kurds, historically,
are
fierce fighters and excellent
allies.
Realists, too. When they're
betrayed,
it never is a total surprise.
(That also applies to Donnie's
wives.)
Betrayal is how Donnie does
business.
It's his way of “keeping it real”.
Your back, his knife is how he does life.
A cut to the heart is his art of the deal.
[updated 10/9/2019, 1:55 pm]
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*After
World War One and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the victorious
Western allies made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 Treaty
of Sevres. However, that promise was nullified three years later,
when the Treaty of Lausanne set the boundaries of modern Turkey and
made no such provision, leaving Kurds with minority status in their
respective countries. This fact has led to numerous genocides and
rebellions, along with the current ongoing armed guerrilla conflicts
in Turkey, Iran, and Syria / Rojava. Although Kurds are the majority
population in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, because of
their statelessness, Kurdish nationalist movements continue to pursue
greater cultural rights, autonomy, and independence throughout
Greater Kurdistan. — Wikipedia
