Mate - you are an ignorant cunt. Kurds were central to the fight against Daesh, and still hold a bunch of them on ice. Kurds have done more heavy lifting than anyone else did in that fight - not behind a keyboard but on the ground where it actually counts, and at coalition request - not the other way around. They originally wanted to stay out of it, since they see themselves as having no friends, other than the mountain - and yes, you can look that saying up. They’ve never had overwhelming ‘aid and support’, minus the coalition dropping ordnance and providing training and SF augments. We’ve never even given them ATGMs since that would upset the Turks, those paragons of American values. Moreover, Kurds have fought alongside coalition troops since 2003, when they should have told us to pack sand after we fucked them post GW1. They’ve been the fucking underdog since Christ walked. And before you ask, yes, I actually spent time with them - all of 04’ and part of 05’ and a braver bunch of fucking lunatics you have never met. It was a privilege. Didn’t see you there, funnily enough. ‘Running from the fight’ - you fucking cocksucker. At least they were in the fight. There’s 16 year old girls there with more trigger time than you’ll ever see.
We’ve abandoned our friends, and that is the bottom line. Maybe they’ll finally get a clue the next time it suits us to ask them to do our dirty work and tell us to get fucked.
Turkey was coming no matter what.
That is proven by the speed with which they moved. They didnt just spontaneously mobilize for this operation when Trump said he was leaving.
Where is NATO?
Where is some Dutch General taking lead and admonishing Turkey for this move?
The Dutch General has his finger in a dyke and he is hoping the big dumb Americans will step up to the plate again and do the heavy lifting.
Fuck that.
Turkey was coming.....they are no longer "western". There is nothing our 100 fighters 1900 support people were going to do. Nor should we bulk up sending in a MEU to fight the Turks and expand the shit show.
Let China catch a bit of the ME STD and see how it feels to realize the shit is penicillin resistant.
Countries that are "western"/appreciate freedom should be currently seeking energy contracts with the USA because things are going to get tough for you when China gets entangled with the 7th century.
China can not project its military to that area so it will be up to the locals to fight in that area.
The only way China gets its military out there would follow the plan they took last time under Ghenghis Kahn - they will need to move a Horde of troops and its likely they will use the same technology as the last time for the most part - horse power.
They can do it because human labor and suffering mean nothing to them but they also have the makings of a middle class right now. Im not sure that middle class wont stand up and say "Im a Hong Konger" if they see their lifestyles being threatened.
and....how does China explain its treatment of the Uighars to their new buddies? Will China be setting up "Demuslimization Camps" in Turkey as part of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative?
Good times. Lets suck somebody else into the quagmire.
ME has been fucked up since Sykes-Picot. Should have let darwinism settle it out instead of some effete Brits and Frenchmen. Would have been a lot less costly back than in both lives and treasure.
