Meanwhile I quizzically gaze at the birds sitting on the back of an alligator while it floats in front of me and I mull whether to trust the alligator to support me if I step out onto its back.

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    Even before Trump there was zero reason the Kurds should ever trust the US. I’m sure they remember being slaughtered by the Turks after the US/CIA abandoned them after the last gulf war.

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    They cannot honestly be asking if they should trust Trump. Like I refuse to believe anyone is honestly asking themselves that question.

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    From what I hear directly from Kurdish sources they are not mobilizing. Rather they are sitting back because they have been back stabbed enough

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    Seeing as how he’s sold out every ally he could, the best course will be to tell him fuck off, or to agree something, then take no action once his short attention span has been exceeded.

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    Oh hey, look, it’s an object lesson in why being a reliable partner on the global stage actually matters.

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      I trust Trump to cheat at golf while everyone around him pretends he isn’t and kids are dying somewhere because of his choices.

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    They have Literally just been betrayed by Trump in Syria, the smartest move would be to take the guns and tweet about how great their uprising while doing absolutely nothing.

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      Actually not a bad idea especially if they had some kind of backchannel communication with Iran where they made it clear they just wanted the weapons and were not actually going to invade because they knew it would be suicidal given that it is obvious Trump will betray the Kurds again.

      How could Iran not see the logic in this?

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        We’ll keep the weapons in Syria we promise

        finally the kurds get the chance to do a bit of betrayal for once!

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        Secretary Drunktank at the department of WAR will believe tweets over his own generals though.

        Did you see the “war room” for the Maduro abduction it was mostly social media.

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    The Kurds have been betrayed by America like 9 times. Surely the 10th time will be different.

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    If they’re smart they will “mull it over” till this whole thing blows over. No point on getting on that trigger happy morons bad side. Just think about it till he loses interest and forgets about it.

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    I see lot of “no Trump trust”. I say agree. Trump no honest person. USA no trust.

    Make fake ai social media.