I’m sickened to see this shameful betrayal of the Kurds —US arming/using them for our purposes, then abandoning them to be massacred—replayed for the seventh time in my lifetime. See my forecast last time (2003) 1/
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In a 2003 debate with , before Iraq, I predicted: “The Kurds have every reason to believe they will be betrayed again by the United States, as so often in the past. The spectacle of our inviting Turks into this war… could not have been reassuring to the Kurds.” 2/
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Kristol: “Surely your point isn’t that because we betrayed them in the past, we should betray them this time?” Me: “Not that we should, just that we will.” Kristol: “We will not. We will not.” (Wrong, as usual.) 3/ tomdispatch.com/post/174894/jo
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The 3rd time (out of 8) the US armed then betrayed the Kurds, in 1975, then secretary of state Kissinger said in response to anguish of US operatives: “Covert action is not to be confused with missionary work.” It could be an epitaph for Kissinger and for the American empire. 4/
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We jump to conclusions w/o fully understanding the "whys." We need a professor of Kurdish history to explain why America has enlisted their help, funded them, trained them & then abandoned them over & over. Both administrations are guilty of the same action. The question is WHY?
Nothing new since the creation of..
USB: United States of Betrayal...
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1975: Vietnamese betrayed by USA
1991: Kurds betrayed by USA
Betrayal is a constant in US foreign relations. From its creation, USA has violated 116 agreements signed with Nord American natives.
Isn't that what the U.S. regime is known for. Why anybody would align themselves with this genocidal regime is a mystery.
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Perpetually a Pawn to be sacrificed.
"they have no friends but the mountains.” Poignant.
I still would like to see a transcript of the phone call between Trump and Turkey president, but from what is in print so far Trump is moving a few American troops so Turkey can envade the Kurds without attacking Americans. That's the general consensus.
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