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Been seeing this image frequently, I didn't want to post it until I was sure it wasn't from something else being re purposed. But its been long enough without any debunking.  Supposedly, these are images of people fleeing Kirkuk towards Erbil (the Iraqi Kurdistan capital).
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T.S. Smelliot posted:I find it sad the average person is so ignorant to the plight of the kurds because they're one of the most sympathetic and relatable factions to most first worlders I am sympathetic to any ethnic group that wants its own nation. I'm pro-ethnostate
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Oct 16, 2017 14:12
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solar energy panel posted:Those losers better feel bad look at ll the trouble they caused! Why does everyone poo poo on the Kurds so much? They seem like cool people. Because they refuse to assimilate and be destroyed. The same reason they hate every other ethnic minority
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Oct 16, 2017 14:14
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:Because they refuse to assimilate and be destroyed. The same reason they hate every other ethnic minority missin that toon titty av
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Oct 16, 2017 14:17
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May as well be some rando to me, but this seems interesting and makes a bit of sense as to the collapse and general chaos the Kurds have seemingly been in since this started. https://twitter.com/tobiaschneider/status/919867684535316481
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Oct 16, 2017 14:22
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It's possible they agreed to give up the extremely valuable oil-rich parts on the border in exchange for being left alone in the parts that are undeniably Kurdish
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Oct 16, 2017 14:24
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the Kurds are ok compared to the rest of the region but they are way too communist for me to support good luck commie dudes
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Oct 16, 2017 14:24
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I dunno maybe you should support the people with the good ideas fighting the good fight? Its not hard
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Oct 16, 2017 14:31
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Israel has a right to defend itself
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Oct 16, 2017 14:32
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Rudaw is down now, I wonder if they are getting slammed super hard or something more sinister
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Oct 16, 2017 14:44
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VikingSkull posted:the Kurds are ok compared to the rest of the region but they are way too communist for me to support any statehood in the middle east is better than no statehood in the middle east imo
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Oct 16, 2017 14:49
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buckets of buckets posted:I dunno maybe you should support the people with the good ideas fighting the good fight? Its not hard nah
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Oct 16, 2017 15:00
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buckets of buckets posted:I dunno maybe you should support the people with the good ideas fighting the good fight? Its not hard i'll print off the ribbon bumper stickers, you make hte website
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Oct 16, 2017 15:05
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I guess this is kinda winding down for now. Kurds tucked tail and ran and the Iraqis, Iranians, and Turks are blowing raspberries at em. The Kurds on social media seem incredibly angry, which, if it reflects on the ground mood, is really bad for the Kurd regions. But I guess full on civil war is off as of right now.
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Oct 16, 2017 15:10
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It is shameful that the United States and the rest of the western world does not support an independent Kurdistan. The Kurdish people have been nothing but faithful allies, fighting some of our dirtiest wars and bearing the brunt of ISIS, Iranian and Turkish oppression, and saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attacks. Our support for the Peshmerga has been half-hearted even when they were fighting to save Yazidi civilians from being exterminated by ISIS.solar energy panel posted:Kurdish women are awesome The reasons you see pictures like this is because of desperation. These women are fighting so that they don’t end up as slave wives for ISIS fighters and so their brothers aren’t executed for being the wrong kind of Muslim.
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Oct 16, 2017 15:31
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The Management posted:The reasons you see pictures like this is because of desperation. These women are fighting so that they don’t end up as slave wives for ISIS fighters and so their brothers aren’t executed for being the wrong kind of Muslim. same but israeli army ladies
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Oct 16, 2017 15:39
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I care about the Kurds because I am in love with Sniper Wolf
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Oct 16, 2017 15:46
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if your military doesnt have a photogenic womens brigade to be exploited for propaganda value then maybe you don't deserve self-governance
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Oct 16, 2017 15:49
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Feeling bad for the Kurds :/ They seem like a remarkably unretarded and respectable people.
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Oct 16, 2017 15:56
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The Management posted:It is shameful that the United States and the rest of the western world does not support an independent Kurdistan. The Kurdish people have been nothing but faithful allies, fighting some of our dirtiest wars and bearing the brunt of ISIS, Iranian and Turkish oppression, and saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attacks. Our support for the Peshmerga has been half-hearted even when they were fighting to save Yazidi civilians from being exterminated by ISIS. Is this supposed to be ironic? I can't really tell; the tone is odd, but the facts aren't quite wrong enough to make me think you're doing it on purpose.
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Oct 16, 2017 16:10
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those kurdish chicks are hot but ultimately i know better than to be interested in women that can shoot my nuts off
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Oct 16, 2017 16:11
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Every woman with a hand or a hands-free gun can shoot your nuts off. A trained warfighter can just do it from increasingly farther and farther ranges.
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Oct 16, 2017 16:25
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Mozi posted:Is this supposed to be ironic? I can't really tell; the tone is odd, but the facts aren't quite wrong enough to make me think you're doing it on purpose. what about this seems even remotely ironic? I for one am pretty pro-kurdish independence, they're a pretty legit people who deserve their own state. I'll reserve judgment until I see what happens once they get it.
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Oct 16, 2017 16:27
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VikingSkull posted:the Kurds are ok compared to the rest of the region but they are way too communist for me to support Ahem they're democratic confederalists.
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Oct 16, 2017 16:33
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lol Kurds save Iraq from a roaming pack of beheading isis terrorists taking over your country. then kick them in the balls for saving them. smh
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Oct 16, 2017 16:44
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oh look , more racist stereotyping that the Iraqis can't fight . The Iraqis fought incredibly driving daesh out . And communism rules you chuds
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Oct 16, 2017 17:14
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Free Kurdistan.
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Oct 16, 2017 17:24
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No that isis is more manageable Iraqi government can get back to the important business of making sure the true muslims rule unopposed.
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Oct 16, 2017 17:35
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Aren't we arming the Kurds right now to help us fight ISIS? So the Kurds and Iraq are both armed by the USA and have our backing? lol
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Oct 16, 2017 17:36
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The Management posted:It is shameful that the United States and the rest of the western world does not support an independent Kurdistan. The Kurdish people have been nothing but faithful allies, fighting some of our dirtiest wars and bearing the brunt of ISIS, Iranian and Turkish oppression, and saddam Hussein's chemical weapons attacks. Our support for the Peshmerga has been half-hearted even when they were fighting to save Yazidi civilians from being exterminated by ISIS. I support a free Kurdistan, and I also hear serious policymakers (including an Iraqi Kurdish politician who was my college classmate) coherently articulate why right now is not the time for an independent Iraqi Kurdistan. Part of the reasoning is economic and viability in nature, but it also includes things like the lack of a plan for the treatment of Arabs living in Kurdish territories. The most recent independence referendum did not allow ethnic Arabs in Iraqi Kurdistan to vote, even if their family have lived in the region for generations. Justice-wise, my friend Mr. Kokoy and most Americans I know (who've heard of Kurdistan) support a Kurdish state. But there's devils in the details that do need hammering out to ensure a good and viable free Kurdistan. COMRADES posted:Aren't we arming the Kurds right now to help us fight ISIS? The American economy is in the gun business. Domestically, we sell the same guns to mass murderers and law enforcement alike. Internationally, we'll sell to anyone cheap enough to still be using 5.56 NATO rounds for their main fighting rifle.
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Oct 16, 2017 17:37
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COMRADES posted:Aren't we arming the Kurds right now to help us fight ISIS? we're giving the Kurds guns to shoot ISIS with and Turkey and Iraq bomber planes to incinerate Kurds with
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Oct 16, 2017 17:45
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Caufman posted:The American economy is in the gun business. Domestically, we sell the same guns to mass murderers and law enforcement alike. Internationally, we'll sell to anyone cheap enough to still be using 5.56 NATO rounds for their main fighting rifle. This s a common misconception I hear a lot "Defense industry" is a lot, lot bigger than guns. The gun industry is tiny and honestly makes very little money compared to the actual defense industry. They're always in financial trouble. It's just that the average person has no idea how defense spending works and can only think of guns The Iraqi army doesn't even use 5.56 as "their main fighting rifle."
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Oct 16, 2017 17:45
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COMRADES posted:Aren't we arming the Kurds right now to help us fight ISIS? honestly try to find a military in the world that doesn't have at least some traces of weapons that a US dealer sold
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Oct 16, 2017 17:47
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:This s a common misconception I hear a lot I apologetically retract my ill-informed joke.
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Oct 16, 2017 17:52
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Blast of Confetti posted:honestly try to find a military in the world that doesn't have at least some traces of weapons that a US dealer sold that's not fair there's a real and crucial distinction between the legitimate freedom-loving Libyan jihadists the US sold weapons to and the incredibly illegitimate Libyan ISIS fighters who are now performing unauthorized killings with those weapons
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Oct 16, 2017 17:52
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Caufman posted:I apologetically retract my ill-informed joke. That was a joke?
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Oct 16, 2017 17:52
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Everything I post is a joke. Except in Games.
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Oct 16, 2017 17:53
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Caufman posted:Everything I post is a joke. Oh, I see. I meant an intentional joke
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Oct 16, 2017 17:54
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If not a full on joke, it was irreverently tongue-in-cheek and off the cuff.
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Iraqis use the wrong kind of millimeters
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