a) “If the US leaves the Kurds alone to be cannon fodder for Erdogan, it will deeply regret it. No-one counting on US support will ever trust it again.”
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b) “Nonsense. The Anglos have betrayed and double-crossed everybody they ever met on every treaty they ever signed.”
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c) "But, until recently, USA could make offers other polities “couldn’t refuse”. It was a form of trust. Reliable blackmail, so to speak. Like the relationship that used to exist between USA and Saudi Arabia. Now, USA can’t even make offers that can’t be refused. In fact, it’s getting to the point where it can’t even make offers that are taken seriously."
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