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		BeFlatXIII 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Türkiye will not sell rare earth elements to the U... …and we (USA) didn't give the Kurds their deserved autonomous nation as thanks for their help in Iraq to avoid pissing off the Turks.

husav1k 18 days ago [–]

Is the land yours to give?

BeFlatXIII 17 days ago | [–]

Arguably, the northern parts of Iraq, where the Kurds live, was ours to partition after Saddam Hussein’s fall. But Turkey doesn’t want a Kurdish state on their border, and the US wants good graces with Turkey for their anti-Russian missile silos.

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