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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
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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Back in the 1980s, the Kurds in Iraq, Syria and Turkey enjoyed some support from the Soviet Union as some of their leaders were firm Marxists. It's one of the reasons the U.S. didn't mind propping up Saddam Hussein at the time.
The Kurdish Worker's Party is still officially listed as a terrorist group by Canada, the U.S., the EU and of course Turkey. And back in 2014 and 2015, there were members trying to claim asylum in Canada. I don't know if they would be a direct threat to Canada, but the largest terrorist attack launched from Canada (the Air India bombing) was carried out by a group that wasn't a direct threat against Canada.
As far as the semantics go about whether Aleppo has fallen, from a civilian and humanitarian perspective, it certainly has. The devastation is practically complete and it's hard to imagine that restoration will ever be possible.