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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan anybody recommend a credible source
that provides the history that led up to the current Syria/Kurds/Turkey horror?
Thanks in advance!
Choie
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Can anybody recommend a credible source (Original Post)
choie
Oct 2019
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likesmountains 52
(4,098 posts)1. Mother Jones had several excellent articles by Shane Bauer
choie
(4,111 posts)2. Thanks likesmountains!
N/t
applegrove
(118,757 posts)3. Type #sdf into twitter search.n/t
choie
(4,111 posts)6. Thanks Applegrove!
Eugene
(61,938 posts)4. A historian just posted this summary in the New York Times.
No, Kurds and Turks Are Not Natural Enemies, Mr. Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/opinion/kurds-turkey-Syria.html
Excerpt posted here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016240863
Fact: They have not been warring for centuries, as Trump asserts. It's a more complicated mess of intolerant nationalism, political opportunism, and a good helping of U.S. policy bungling.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/opinion/kurds-turkey-Syria.html
Excerpt posted here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016240863
Fact: They have not been warring for centuries, as Trump asserts. It's a more complicated mess of intolerant nationalism, political opportunism, and a good helping of U.S. policy bungling.
choie
(4,111 posts)5. Thanks so much Eugene!