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Originally Posted by BMT
The Turks rasied so much hell about the Kurds the first time the idea was dropped. Turks are probably sweating bullets now that the Kurds are getting on their feet.
BMT
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That, and the fact that their refusal to let the 4th ID in kept us from the Northern Offensive rolling up the Ba'athists and throwing them back to Baghdad.
Could have been a part of the problems we have been facing, but hard to say due to the number of compounding errors.
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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