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Originally Posted by Itse
Well not completely true, there as been and still is notable forces that have stood for what in comparison at least is a significantly more democratic ideology.
Unfortunately that force has mainly consisted of Kurds, who despite a lot of outside sympathy always end up getting abandoned as allies, as supporting them would go against the interests of pretty much every country in the region.
(Or in other words: everyone has allies that doesn't like the Kurds, and the Kurds are not strong enough to be worth alienating anyones current allies.)
(There used to be more of various moderate groups in this war, but what I've understood lack of outside support has lead to them either collapsing or joining with one of the Islamist groups with foreign support. In my personal opinion the current situation is to some extent an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy. The West did not want to truly support the rebellion in fear of the Islamists taking the rebellion over, which is one reason why exactly that happened.)
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I still remember when during the election and I forget which one but one of the senior Liberal Candidates basically said that the Kurds were this threat to Canada.
It was such a stupid thing to say but goes to your point that the Kurds seem to always get abandoned or used as useful tools.
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