LOL it's like one of them was telling me online the other day, 'we're the natives now'.
But don't worry, they help just about any old invading empire that comes along, yours isn't unique, it's just the latest.
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But don't worry, they help just about any old invading empire that comes along, yours isn't unique, it's just the latest.
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They're moderate Muslims who have shown themselves not only to be very cooperative and capable allies but also quite democratic.
We can sing songs about all the dead Assyrians or we can make allies of the most reasonable people currently occupying the region.
I choose the latter.
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Daily Mail is fake news, retard
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Hawija and the surrounding area have been retaken, leaving ISIS only an area of land in the southwest and a small area across the border from Deir al-Zour province in Syria.
Meanwhile, Baghdad has given Iraqi Kurdistan until 23:00 GMT today to withdraw from Kirkuk, while Kurdish Peshmerga have been ordered to defend the city "at any cost".
Meanwhile, Baghdad has given Iraqi Kurdistan until 23:00 GMT today to withdraw from Kirkuk, while Kurdish Peshmerga have been ordered to defend the city "at any cost".
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It appears the Peshmerga have decided to abandon Kirkuk rather than defend it against Iraqi government forces.
Wait the Kurds are gonna fight the Iraqis?
I thought mosul was re taken?It appears the Peshmerga have decided to abandon Kirkuk rather than defend it against Iraqi government forces.
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It was. See post #158 on this page for a control map
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I thought it possible, but it appears the Kurds have decided against it.
Unless the Iraqi army goes into one of the official Kurdish provinces (which they won't do), a fight between Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga seems unlikely.
No. That's laughably wrong. ISIS territory has been declining in size since 2014. They've been losing for a long time now, and no strategy has changed under Trump. The U.S. are assisting two of the main enemies of ISIS in their fight against them. Iraq from the start and the SDF/YPG from late 2014.
It's not a case of Trump came in and did something different and now ISIS are defeated, it's that they were being defeated for a long time and reached crisis point as Trump came into office.
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And if we really want to get into it, George W Bush is the one responsible for the creation of ISIS.
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Turkey has launched a military campaign against Kurdish YPG forces in an attempt to clear them from the Afrin area all the way to Manbij.
With IS all but gone, the predictable aftermath fighting has started.
Turkey considers the YPG terrorists and an extension of the PKK, but the YPG and the US both deny this.
Turkey is a NATO ally and the YPG have been huge U.S. allies against Islamic State.
Russia has pulled its forces back from Afrin but has said it will not intervene. It'll be interesting to see how Washington responds.
With IS all but gone, the predictable aftermath fighting has started.
Turkey considers the YPG terrorists and an extension of the PKK, but the YPG and the US both deny this.
Turkey is a NATO ally and the YPG have been huge U.S. allies against Islamic State.
Russia has pulled its forces back from Afrin but has said it will not intervene. It'll be interesting to see how Washington responds.
Historically, they will turn their backs and leave them on their own.
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I don't know how much of it will be turning their backs though. We don't have a political relationship with the YPG (it is strictly a military one) because we don't want to risk offending Turkey.
The recent establishment of a US-backed border security force bt the YPG-dominated SDF reportedly infuriated the Turks.
I think we need to drop some bombs on Turkey for these acts of aggression. Turkey is offended all by itself, and has their own agenda. And here we have it.
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U.S. aren't going to intervene in Afrin. Tillerson said the other day that U.S. interests are only by the Euphrates.Turkey has launched a military campaign against Kurdish YPG forces in an attempt to clear them from the Afrin area all the way to Manbij.
With IS all but gone, the predictable aftermath fighting has started.
Turkey considers the YPG terrorists and an extension of the PKK, but the YPG and the US both deny this.
Turkey is a NATO ally and the YPG have been huge U.S. allies against Islamic State.
Russia has pulled its forces back from Afrin but has said it will not intervene. It'll be interesting to see how Washington responds.