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Is Vlad trustworthy?

Compared to what—Obama? He’s fickle, and he’s nuts.

3 posted on 10/12/2015 8:47:55 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine

To: Pearls Before Swine

A friend of mine deployed to the Kurdish region of Iraq during the 2003 war. He found the Kurkdish mindset to be very long term. In their minds they had been battling for hundreds of years, so a few decades of subjugation was preferable to anihilation. Getting rid of Saddam was simply a stepping stone to their ultimate goal, a unified and independent Kurdistan.

Now the Kurds are being attacked both by ISIS and the Turks. Aligning with the Russians and Syrians reduces threats to the Kurds in Syria, gives them an ally against ISIS, and may make the Turks reconsider bombing raids into Syria and Iraq against the PKK.

8 posted on 10/12/2015 8:58:07 AM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)

To: Pearls Before Swine

Vlad isn’t trustworthy, but he has the power. You may be dealing with the devil, but you do that when the devil is holding all the trump cards.

16 posted on 10/12/2015 9:07:18 AM PDT by henkster (Liberals forget Dickens' kids forged an Empire on which the sun never set.)

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