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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1170172)	10/11/2019 8:04:52 AM
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FatRump's Erdogan wants to clear out a 20 mile swath of land along the Turkey/Syria border. FatRump has blood on his hands and will go down in history as a mass murderer.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1170172)	10/11/2019 8:15:03 AM
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@ric_cole The #Kurds DID fight on the Allied side in WW2. They helped break the siege after the 1941 pro-Nazi Coup d'état in Iraq & were part of the (pro-Allied) Iraq Levies. In 1942 Kurds made up 25% of the force. By 1943, 10 of the 44 companies of Iraq Levies were Kurdish. @Akil_N_Awan For those not familiar with the Iraqi coup or Allied counteroffensive: t.co 6 replies25 retweets56 likes Peter Corless ?? ?? @PeterCorlessMore At the time, Syria was Vichy & was supplying arms directly to this nascent Nazi ally. The Luftwaffe was deploying aircraft. It threatened to bring down the entire Middle East. Had this not been contained Egypt and Palestine could have fallen. The war could have been lost. 1 reply20 retweets71 likes More At this point of the war, the Commonwealth stood alone. Poland, France, Norway & Denmark had fallen. The Soviet Union was a German ally as per the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. The U.S. was burying its head in the sand. I cannot emphasize how dangerous this period of the war was. Also left out of my list of fallen nations by this point of the war: Austria had been swallowed by the Anschluss. Czechoslovakia had been sold down the river. Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg. Albania had been taken by Italy. Yugoslavia & Greece were next on the chopping block. 1 reply11 retweets50 likes More In other words, D-Day might never have happened had things turned for the worst in 1941. Also, for people who wonder what Turkey was doing at this exact same time: They were signing non-aggression pacts with Nazi Germany and its Axis allies to pave way for the unhindered invasion of the Soviet Union. Peter Corless ?? ? added, Prior to the Iraqi coup, Turkey signed a non-aggression pact with Bulgaria in Feb 41, who then joined the Axis in Mar 1941. trove.nla.gov.au …