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b_b  ·  3745 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Thomas Friedman's Iraq op-ed in the Sunday Times: "we have no friends in this fight"

That's murky too, though, because the Turks are our allies. Turks and Kurds have been fighting for a long time, and they will continue to do so for a long time yet. Basically what's happening is that our chickens are coming home to roost. Or, if you believe Tony Blair and John McCain, it's all Obama's fault.





user-inactivated  ·  3744 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Erdogan's recent power consolidation has certainly clouded the issue as well.