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Is it really related though? It's hard to imagine the US get into a conflict with Turkey, a member of NATO, to protect the Kurds, whose PKK is recognized as a t
by pnako 7y ago
Is it really related though?
It's hard to imagine the US get into a conflict with Turkey, a member of NATO, to protect the Kurds, whose PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by the US state department.
The whole thing makes no sense anyway. The west really need to leave the region and let them sort it out. The League of Nations has been disbanded for 7 decades now...
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoYep, we don't have to worry about our allies, who we have encouraged to be where they are in Syria, who helped us in iraq and syria, are going to be decimated, causing untold amounts of new refugee crises. Nothing for us to be involved with. We have no part in this happening. But in reality we did. We invaded Iraq. We let chaos reign there, in major part because we disbanded the Iraqi army and did nothing to replace it, remember there were no real plans for the post iraq world. We caused this. Yes, before us there were endless warms between confusing groups. But we made it worse.
- pnako 7y agoSo the solution is to persist while making a mistake? >We invaded Iraq. >We let chaos reign there >we made it worse ... so "we must stay"? Pardon me but this makes absolutely no sense.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoWe can't just abandon people that we screwed over. We are better than that.
- maximente 7y agoso what? we should "repent" by having to station troops there eternally? the sunk cost fallacy shows us it's not rational to double down on mistakes. so what is your proposed plan forward?
- dariusj18 7y agoPerhaps have a plan to deal with the repercussions of our decisions. Plus, it is not uncommon for the US to station military all over the world. Here's a list of them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military...