• perestroika@lemm.ee
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    19 hours ago

    Everyone in the region seems to fear the formation of a Kurdish state. :(

    So much that Kurds can spend 24/7 assuring they only want autonomy within some provinces, and every neighour still has nightmares of an independent Kurdistan…

    …which, to be fair, they should have got - when the Ottoman empire fell apart - but everyone kind of forgot them.

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      19 hours ago

      Less “forgot” and more “decided by European powers that it wasn’t up to anyone non-white to be in charge.” At least not in the British and French Mandate areas.

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      19 hours ago

      Hard to trust the kurdish rebel when they are supported by Israel and the US. My fear is that they will become another protection for Israel

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        7 hours ago

        No worries the US reliably abandons the Kurds the second it doesn’t need them. Every time.

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        18 hours ago

        Which is kinda weird since they’re all NATO buddies with Turkey. Friend of a friend?