Yeah, just like the last three times. This time it was against the advice of the military, State Department and the "intelligence community." The Kurds say they will fight. What they always do ... I remember reading articles about them win American Rifleman when I was a kid. Two Migs shot down by ground fire, apparently from Martini-Henrys and Enfields, They were fighting the Russians for us back then. Then we hung them out to dry.
I forget what the next one was all about, but after they were no longer useful we moved on and the enemy moved in.
They helped us during the first Gulf War, then we let Saddam Hussein have his way with them. He used nerve gas that time.
So the President gets a phone call from Erogan and decides, just like that, to pull out the American "advisors" and "observers" that meant an attack on the Kurds was an attack on US troops. That was yesterday. The Turkish army is moving in today with armor, artillery and air support.
Read it and weep https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49983357
Anyone want to bet on the figting spreading into northern Iraq?
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