Outstanding. Thanks for the update
Posts by cofty
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33I'll be speaking at Columbia University next weekend, meetup to follow....
by dubstepped inso i'll be speaking on a panel as part of the "when rights and religions collide" event next saturday, october 19. if you'd like to attend you can learn more here:https://rightsandreligions.com/.
i'm also going to host a meetup on sunday if any of you are in the nyc area.
i'm still putting the finishing touches on the details but if you'd like to join in and meet myself, my wife, and a few people that listen to the shunned podcast or that are in my facebook group called by the same name shoot me a private message soon.
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
Diog you asserted that Islamic attacks on West began "after we invaded".
We invaded nobody in 1990.
Get your facts straight before you criticise others.
Would you like a suggested reading list of Middle East history?
Salafist jihadi terrorists have told us why they attack us. It is NOT because of the Iraq war or even the second Iraq war.
Why not pay them the respect of taking them at their word?
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
Terry - your assertion that the Syrian conflict was not triggered by Assad's violent reaction to popular protest against his oppressive rule is the most outrageously biased and wrong-headed statement in this entire thread.
It is straight out of Putin's playbook and the sort of gass-lighting spewed daily by RT.
You are more guilty of subjective and manipulated opinions than your readers.
Read some books by real journalists who report from the ground in conflict zones of the ME. I could recommend examples if you wish.
Of course western governments meddle and of course some news sources are biased. That is no excuse for swallowing every anti-establishment conspiracy theory espoused by Michael Moore and Naom Chomsky.
We need oil. We must do business with some of the most stupid, greedy and corrupt tyrants ever to rule desert kingdoms. One day we will need their black gold no more and they can go back to internecine squabbling.
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
What??? They invaded in the 1990s!!!!! How many can you give pre Bush snr? - Diog
Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. The response by the west was limited to liberating Kuwait.
There are so many fanciful assertions in this thread. Typical, myopic, self-loathing rhetoric.
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
Like all conspiracy theories you take a smattering of facts and use them to weave a fantasy.
No sane person doubts that the CIA have long been active in dabbling in foreign lands. That is beyond dispute.
That does not justify some of the more fanciful claims in your posts in this thread.
We in the West receive the bulk of (dis)information from news outlets who do business with the C.I.A. and funnel these talking points to a Public many of whom do not cross-check sources on-the-ground and compare one to the other.
I have read widely on the history of the ME - by authors who do not get their data from the CIA
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
Kurdistan is a region not a state. The oil belongs to Iraq.
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
But when did the terror against the west start? oh yes, when the US invaded Iraq. - Diog
Oh my goodness! Where on earth do you get your knowledge of modern history?
How many Islamist atrocities pre Iraq War II can you list? I will give a start - 9/11
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
So in your opinion Terry what is the real reason for Turkey invading the Kurdish held region - Fink
Because of the activities of a Kurdish separatist organisation called the PKK who have carried on an armed conflict - terrorist campaign- within Turkey.
Now with the withdrawal of American protection Erdogan will eradicate ALL Kurds from Turkey. He will not hesitate to distinguish between terrorists and innocent women and children.
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
The Syrian conflict did start as a popular uprising by oppressed Syrians weary of Assad's corrupt regime. It was part of the Arab Spring. The civil war resulted directly from Assad's brutal response.
Syria then became a magnet for multiple competing regional and international interests.
Your are in danger of becoming an apologist for one of (or it is two of) modern history's greatest tyrants.
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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cofty
Kurds have OIL
Kurds have no oil Terry - they do not have a square yard of earth to call their own.
They have been instrumental in the fight against Islamist terror groups and the dismantling of the Caliphate. Now on a whim they are abandoned to the Turkish tyrant. At best ethnic cleansing will ensue - at worst genocide.
Of course there is a large element of self-interest in every political decision but do you not consider the possibility that world leaders really do care about the victims of tyranny?
The real problem with the Middle East is not meddling by oil-hungry democracies; it is the tribalism and corruption of almost every Middle East ruler in recent history. Maybe King Hussein of Jordan was a rare exception.