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[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 10 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Didn't we dick the Kurds over several times before? Are they really trusting the US again?

[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 1 points 47 seconds ago

I think it's less trust and more striking while the Iron looks hot.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 5 points 40 minutes ago

It's a bold move Cotton, let's see if it works for the 5th time.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press.

I haven't been following the whole Turkey thing, but this is the sort of thing that I'd imagine would get the Turkish government twitchy, since they've traditionally been worried about an independent Kurdistan showing up, as part of that would likely overlap with part of Turkey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan

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[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I agree. But, maybe, at some point, they settle on Kurds having a country that's got zero overlap with Turkish land and in a place not strategically important to Turkey.

Edit: And we may see Azerbaijan enter the war and gain Azeri territory at the same time and I think Turkey would be very favorable to that end. So maybe they take a plus and a minus to even things out?