Prisoners about to be executed are sometimes asked what they want for their last meal. (I used to fantasize about what I would want —…
Posts published in “Turkey”
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever…
Tuesday at the WH is turkey pardon day. It's between "Bread" & "Butter," two rotund gobblers, spending their last night at a luxury DC hotel…
More windbaggery as Trump announces ceasefire for Syria crisis he caused: “Wow what a great outcome”
More windbaggery as Trump announces ceasefire for Syria crisis he caused: “Wow what a great outcome”
Individual-1 declares “victory for America”. Ethnic cleansing gets a pass as Russia and Turkey get what they want. Trump revels in mentioning blood and casualties.…
So, what, the Kurds are our bitter enemies now? How dare they let us betray them like this? The Hill: A prayer event for the…
Jenan Moussa is a roving reporter for Al Aan TV, and she has a dispatch from the heart of Donald Trump’s latest colossal failure: When American…
The New York Times has this story up this evening: Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip…
Since the Trump Presidency began back in January 2017, we have endeavored to maintain a comprehensive listing of all the administrations misdeeds in the Everything Awful…
The primary combatants are the SNA, mercenaries supported by Turkey, and the SDF, although it now seems clear how much the absence of US forces…
Proving yet again how much disdain the rest of the world has for the Oval Office occupant, former Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Namik Tan tweeted…
Jon Sopel, the BBC’s North America editor, is reporting that Donald Trump’s second-grade playground letter to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t having the effect Trump had…
So Donald Trump hires only the best people, and yet he regularly and viciously insults nearly all of them on the way out the door.…
This comes courtesy of Trish Regan at — oh, here it is — Fox Business. Other reporters have followed up on this and confirmed it’s…
Yes, but what were the Kurds wearing when Turkey invaded? That’s what I want to know. x “It's not our problem,” Trump says in Oval…
In another move to slam dunk on the dotard and disrespect the U.S., Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he will not meet with V.P. Pence,…
The moral depth of these people is breathtaking. On Monday, Lara Trump — who’s married to Donald Trump’s fourth-favorite tragic mistake — appeared on Fox…
Now that our nation’s promises are worth less than a degree from Trump University, our enemies see openings wider than the Wiffleball holes in Donald…
Welcome to consensus reality, Rep. Kinzinger! Adam Kinzinger, a Republican congressman from Illinois, has at last seen what any non-cult member with eyes realized long…
Another strange day for disinformation, as Trump implied that the 11,000 Kurds who died fighting alongside US troops may have fought for something less. Like his…
Oh, the fucknuttery. It never ends. (Second tweet.) x Trump notes that the Kurds “didn't help us in the Second War War, they didn't help…
x “Look, I don't want you to rob the bank. I think robbing the bank is a bad idea, and I do not endorse it.…
Excellent William Saletan article in Slate reminding us how much Turkey is part of Trump’s corruption going back to Mike Flynn. It’s made worse as…
WaPo: McConnell joins other Republicans in rebuking Trump’s Syria withdrawal Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly rebuked President Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from…
Forced into choosing between the Devil and the deep blue sea by Trump’s abandonment of them earlier this month, Kurdish forces in the Northern Syria…
Yesterday, I posted a diary with a long (but still staggeringly incomplete) history of Kurdistan. Which brings us to more recent events… When 2017 began,…
While I’ve spent the last couple days writing about events in Spain, it’s important to remember the other major separatist/independence news story: Kurdistan. So, while…
I read a very interesting piece about the protests which have been sweeping across the major cities of Turkey. It seems that if you hold…
