Shit, just realized why the turn in the Syrian conflict seems so uncannily familiar. It rhymes very strongly with the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in the 80s (which led, among other things, to the Kashmir insurgency). This is not a good rhyme.
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I think the Kurds are basically screwed btw. They do not have the deep bench ideological and civilizational capability of Wahabbism to back them for decades. They appear to be a genuine cultural island. Everybody around them appears to have their knives out for them.
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I hope this localized analogy does not indicate a US collapse similar to USSR collapse. I think not. That withdrawal was caused by a desperate attempt to contain an unraveling of empire gracefully (and failing). This is an own-goal by one moron from a position of strength.
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I’m so a product of the 80s it’s not even funny. Age 6-16 is like the only dentist anchor zone.
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it's like the opposite of rambo2, where he helps Kayin rebels murder Burmese soldiers, and then later in 2015 Burma gets to be a shining example of transition to democracy.... Except the Burmese military are still absolutely the bad guys
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