We Are The Kurds

In episode 116, the girls spend time discussing the situation where Trump backed a Turkish military operation to take out the American-backed Kurdish forces at the northeast Syrian border. Plus they spend the second half of the episode talking to Robert Evans about his experience in Syria and his thoughts on the situation.

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FOOTNOTES:

1. President Endorses Turkish Military Operation in Syria, Shifting U.S. Policy

2. America's Kurdish allies risk being wiped out – by Nato

3. Syria: Kurds vow to form 'human shields' to fend off looming push

4. Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?

5. Research Paper: ISIS-Turkey Links

6. Turkish-backed rebels pushing for further mass displacement from Afrin: Monitor

7. Turkey sends reinforcements to Syrian border

8. Dozens of girls missing in Afrin

9. Trump Throws Middle East Policy Into Turmoil Over Syria

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11. Ethnically Ambiguous Merch on Tee Public

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