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Its here, the CIA found the fighters they need to "protect our interests" for the greater good of course

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[–] S491@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I24 is an israeli news outlet, so they will be putting out pro isreal propaganda, and based on reporting from dropsite news most kurdish groups have chosen to stay out of it.

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I was like, the Kurds flatly rejected the CIA’s attempt to bring them into this

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why do the Kurds keep falling for this?

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

They didn’t, why did you fall for propaganda

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Cool so in 20 years we will be bombing them?

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only if they win. If they lose, we'll be abandoning them as you know; a Trump never pays his debts.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

“…it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."

[–] Averagejoe@lemmy.org 6 points 6 months ago

Yes it will be a sequel sequel 

[–] arnitbier@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If we don't nuke everybody before then 💀

Left a comment in the other post more cause I'm pissed off or whatever tf I am rn..

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

You have every right to be pissed off by all this, but please take care of yourself and your mental health. Take a break if you need to, there's no shame in it! 🫂

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 months ago

The Kurds would be crazy to think that Trump wouldn't abandon them like last time.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 months ago

PJAK are basically partisans, they might take a few posts and that's it. Peshmerga, an actual trained force is unlikely doing anything at this point. Conservative estimates for both are 1000 fighters in PJAK, 100k in Peshmerga, just to put things into perspective

[–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I believe the cited Kurdish groups immediately disclaimed this. Also this is over 4 days old. There was no ground invasion.