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[wierd]

Well, dissociative fugue is a thing associated with intensely stressful life circumstances...  But Trump has faced such existential crises before.

[Frumple]

Uh. Welp. Fuck the kurds, I guess? Looks like that's our new (old) foreign policy.

[Doomblade187]

Uh. Welp. Fuck the kurds, I guess? Looks like that's our new (old) foreign policy.

What happened this time?

[Reelya]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/07/us-to-let-turkish-forces-move-into-syria-abandoning-kurdish-allies

The White House has given the green light to a Turkish offensive into northern Syria, moving US forces out of the area in an abrupt foreign policy change that will in effect abandon Washington’s longtime military partners, the Kurds.

Basically America has run away and said "see ya" to long-time allies, after a phone call from Erdogan, the guy who wants to kill said allies.

[Doomblade187]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/07/us-to-let-turkish-forces-move-into-syria-abandoning-kurdish-allies

The White House has given the green light to a Turkish offensive into northern Syria, moving US forces out of the area in an abrupt foreign policy change that will in effect abandon Washington’s longtime military partners, the Kurds.

Basically America has run away and said "see ya" to long-time allies, after a phone call from Erdogan, the guy who wants to kill said allies.

Sounds like there's bipartisan support for a resolution undoing the damage, but given the state of Congress, that may come far too late.

[Cheesy Honkers]

America casually betraying allies at a whim? Say it ain't so!

[Teneb]

America casually betraying allies at a whim? Say it ain't so!

It's more likely than you think!



I do hope the Kurds manage to repel the Turks.

[Doomblade187]

America casually betraying allies at a whim? Say it ain't so!

It's more likely than you think!



I do hope the Kurds manage to repel the Turks.

They have a good track record, but I fear they're going to lose too many people to stay cohesive.

Which is fine by Turkey, of course.

[SalmonGod]

This is sad news, because the Rojavans seem quite badass.

Relevant

[scriver]

Apparently (according to my Swedish evening news that I just watched) Erdogan wants to resettle Syrian refugees in the area.

Which is good, right? Except that the Syrians he wants to resettle there is mainly Sunni Arabs from otherwhere in Syria -- which would greatly shift the demographics not against the Kurds, but also the various religious minorities in the area.

[smjjames]

Uh. Welp. Fuck the kurds, I guess? Looks like that's our new (old) foreign policy.

Not the first time unfortunately, we've tended to shaft them more often than not, I believe.

Anyways, he's getting a hell of a lot of pushback for what is a kneejerk reaction to a complicated situation that requires careful thought. There's no 'Alexander the Great splits the Gordian knot in two with a sword' solution for this one.

Maybe a more appropriate analogy would be a Gordian knot connected to several rube goldberg machines that are both independent and react to each other, with some cords leading to disaster and some not, cutting all of them at once would guarantee disaster. Then again, maybe a Gordian knot+ my addition is a poor analogy for the whole Syria situation?

[Naturegirl1999]

What's cool is that there is a group of animals named after the Gordian knot

[Il Palazzo]

Maybe a more appropriate analogy would be a Gordian knot connected to several rube goldberg machines that are both independent and react to each other, with some cords leading to disaster and some not, cutting all of them at once would guarantee disaster. Then again, maybe a Gordian knot+ my addition is a poor analogy for the whole Syria situation?

You're tying yourself in knots with that analogy...

[Naturegirl1999]

Analogies are good. Especially when they explain the complexities of situations

[Frumple]

Even better when they let you spin up another yarn of puns.