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fujiyamasan

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20. The Kurds have to be opportunistic
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:29 PM
Yesterday

So I can’t blame them for taking arms from the US and taking advantage of a power vacuum or regime collapse.

But there are serious capacity constraints Hogshit and the administration are clearly ignoring. Iran is capable of cranking out cheap drones almost endlessly and China will almost definitely supply them with components covertly in exchange for cheap oil. Intercepting those drones is expensive and costs several times more than the cost of producing them. As it is supply of intercepters is pressed with Ukraine.

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Not sure how the Turks D. Spaulding Yesterday #1
That is a bad move..................... Lovie777 Yesterday #2
Every option is a reaction to the disaster the last decision caused. There is no plan.. Deuxcents Yesterday #3
My god. Will we never learn? Easterncedar Yesterday #4
Yes, we'll never learn, Agent Krasnov zorbasd Yesterday #28
If only we weren't taking the world down with us Easterncedar Yesterday #30
"Plan" B already! mobeau69 Yesterday #5
I really wasn't going to have a drink tonight... Easterncedar Yesterday #6
Have a double for me. Dunc Yesterday #18
Dark and stormy ok? Easterncedar Yesterday #29
Dunc my golden boy and i. Dunc Yesterday #33
Doubtless a wiser choice! Easterncedar Yesterday #35
One of the options in my repertoire. yellow dahlia 23 hrs ago #39
I often say - I'm not day drinking...yet. yellow dahlia 23 hrs ago #38
This is not going to be pretty newdeal2 Yesterday #7
Just think. bluestarone Yesterday #8
Oh, so he's going to fuck over the Kurds as well... just like Shrub did, eh? kysrsoze Yesterday #9
I thought it was Trump during his first term Dan Yesterday #16
It was. Why Mattis quit SecDef Strelnikov_ Yesterday #26
Trumpstein did Oct 2019in Syria TexLaProgressive Yesterday #19
He fucked them over... 2naSalit Yesterday #23
Great! Iran will have its own Gaza and West Bank! maxrandb Yesterday #10
Feels like I've seen this movie before...n/t leftstreet Yesterday #11
Someone needs to tell the Kurds C_U_L8R Yesterday #12
They just need to remember the Syrian Kurds TexLaProgressive Yesterday #21
Also, remember the Bay of Pigs invaders Bobstandard Yesterday #27
Our leaders are clueless and lack in human decency. PufPuf23 Yesterday #13
I've seen this movie before. Solly Mack Yesterday #14
Because that's ALWAYS worked so well in the past... regnaD kciN Yesterday #15
I hope they remember that Trump abandoned them in his first term karynnj Yesterday #17
The Kurds have been abandoned by the US so many times I'm sure that they realize that it is our markodochartaigh Yesterday #22
The Kurds have to be opportunistic fujiyamasan Yesterday #20
'Iranian Kurdish armed groups have *thousands* of forces ' SamuelTheThird Yesterday #24
What a GREAT Plan ! Remember the Last Iraq-Iran War??? Bread and Circuses Yesterday #25
Stay on your toes everyone Bev54 Yesterday #31
Just who is at the helm of Dept of Harebrained Schemes this month? Attilatheblond Yesterday #32
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Yesterday #34
I agree Renew Deal Yesterday #37
Bay of Pigs, anyone? NickB79 Yesterday #36
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