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by Miner49er 2441 days ago
Interesting example, considering Chomsky was one of the early proponents on the left for keeping troops in Syria to protect the Kurds.

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/13cf816e-8e40-41c8-bb76-...

I think this is a case where the establishment/media and the left actually agree. We shouldn't abandon allies. Additionally, Rojava is running a libertarian socialist society, which leftists obviously like. Finally, 60 or so troops is all that's needed to stop Turkey, and I wouldn't really call 60 troops "predatory intervention".

I don't think the left's opinion here is manufactured consent.
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pnw_hazor 2441 days ago
The YPG is marxist offshoot of the PKK. Turkey (an actual member of NATO) will never voluntarily let them establish an independent homeland in Syria.

The way it is working out now is the best anyone, Americans at least, could hope for. Let the regional powers that have actual national interest sort it out.

If ISIS comes back, the US can come back if needed.

As a vet, with a son who was an Army Ranger and a daughter who is an Army aviator, 60 troops sounds like too many to me.

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