• perestroika@lemm.ee
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      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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        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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        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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          Which is kinda weird since they’re all NATO buddies with Turkey. Friend of a friend?

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            Turkey seems like a pretty bad ally recently - Finland and Sweden being delayed joining because of their Kurd genocide obsession comes to mind

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