The fact that two alliance members went to war meant that the other alliance members were terribly reluctant to line up and take sides, for obvious reasons. But an alliance member favoring a stateless group which has been attacking an alliance member for forty+ years over that member itself?
The reality on the ground is that, to paraphrase Petain, the Kurds are lemons, to be squeezed until there's no more juice, and then flung aside. America is playing both sides of this, make no mistake, but the Kurds will be the first to go, so long as America heads NATO. Biden visited Ankara, not Erbil.
The reality on the ground is that, to paraphrase Petain, the Kurds are lemons, to be squeezed until there's no more juice, and then flung aside. America is playing both sides of this, make no mistake, but the Kurds will be the first to go, so long as America heads NATO. Biden visited Ankara, not Erbil.
