LONDON • Relying on the United States to protect you in times of crisis is a hazardous business, definitely not for the faint-hearted.
Just ask the Kurds of Syria, who, after fighting for years with US troops and laying down their lives in support of US objectives, were suddenly and unceremoniously dumped, and left to the tender mercies of Turkey, their traditional enemy.
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