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Dani

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1369 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

It's been really murky and hard to tell what's going on there, but essentially there's a large area of uncontrolled but heavily contested territory between Aleppo and the Euphrates River now, which the SDF and the SNA have been fighting over. One of the curious things for me is that the Turkish Air Force and military did not get involved for a while.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

It's been really murky and hard to tell what's going on there, but essentially there's a large area of uncontrolled but heavily contested territory between Aleppo and the Euphrates River now, which the SDF and the SNA have been fighting over. One of the curious things for me is that the Turkish Air Force and military did not get involved for a while.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

It's been really murky and hard to tell what's going on there, but essentially there's a large area of uncontrolled but heavily contested territory between Aleppo and the Euphrates River now, which the SDF and the SNA have been fighting over. One of the curious things for me is that the Turkish Air Force and military did not get involved for a while.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

But after about a week, they did, and they started hitting Manbij very, very heavily. And at that point, when the center of Manbij started being contested and far over, the U.S. stepped in. We don't know the details of it, but there seems to have been some kind of negotiation, whereby the suggestion is that if the SDF fighters pulled back across the Euphrates,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

But after about a week, they did, and they started hitting Manbij very, very heavily. And at that point, when the center of Manbij started being contested and far over, the U.S. stepped in. We don't know the details of it, but there seems to have been some kind of negotiation, whereby the suggestion is that if the SDF fighters pulled back across the Euphrates,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

But after about a week, they did, and they started hitting Manbij very, very heavily. And at that point, when the center of Manbij started being contested and far over, the U.S. stepped in. We don't know the details of it, but there seems to have been some kind of negotiation, whereby the suggestion is that if the SDF fighters pulled back across the Euphrates,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

the SDF would assure their protection from any further assault. We don't know how true that is, and we know that today further negotiations on this failed. But it's really hard to tell right now as we speak what's disinformation and what's truth, because stuff is only coming out officially in dribs and drabs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

the SDF would assure their protection from any further assault. We don't know how true that is, and we know that today further negotiations on this failed. But it's really hard to tell right now as we speak what's disinformation and what's truth, because stuff is only coming out officially in dribs and drabs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

the SDF would assure their protection from any further assault. We don't know how true that is, and we know that today further negotiations on this failed. But it's really hard to tell right now as we speak what's disinformation and what's truth, because stuff is only coming out officially in dribs and drabs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Yeah. For instance, like just before we came on air, I saw a couple of videos being posted by pro-Turkish accounts of purportedly showing mass troop concentrations lined up against this border wall waiting to invade. And I realized that they were from 2019 when Sirikani and Talabayat were invaded and they were just reposting material from then.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Yeah. For instance, like just before we came on air, I saw a couple of videos being posted by pro-Turkish accounts of purportedly showing mass troop concentrations lined up against this border wall waiting to invade. And I realized that they were from 2019 when Sirikani and Talabayat were invaded and they were just reposting material from then.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Yeah. For instance, like just before we came on air, I saw a couple of videos being posted by pro-Turkish accounts of purportedly showing mass troop concentrations lined up against this border wall waiting to invade. And I realized that they were from 2019 when Sirikani and Talabayat were invaded and they were just reposting material from then.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

as disinformation on these movements and whether the attack's going to happen, what the negotiations between the US and Turkey turned out to be. And the truth is, right now, we don't know exactly what's going on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

as disinformation on these movements and whether the attack's going to happen, what the negotiations between the US and Turkey turned out to be. And the truth is, right now, we don't know exactly what's going on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

as disinformation on these movements and whether the attack's going to happen, what the negotiations between the US and Turkey turned out to be. And the truth is, right now, we don't know exactly what's going on.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Yeah, we saw this a few times when Man Beach was reported to have been captured by the SNA and they posted videos of themselves in the middle of the city. And then an hour later, the SDF posted a video from the centre of the city of 20 or 30 dead SNAs blitting about the streets and them flying their own flags. So, yeah. Yeah, it's really it's really hard to tell. It's also really hard.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Yeah, we saw this a few times when Man Beach was reported to have been captured by the SNA and they posted videos of themselves in the middle of the city. And then an hour later, the SDF posted a video from the centre of the city of 20 or 30 dead SNAs blitting about the streets and them flying their own flags. So, yeah. Yeah, it's really it's really hard to tell. It's also really hard.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

Yeah, we saw this a few times when Man Beach was reported to have been captured by the SNA and they posted videos of themselves in the middle of the city. And then an hour later, the SDF posted a video from the centre of the city of 20 or 30 dead SNAs blitting about the streets and them flying their own flags. So, yeah. Yeah, it's really it's really hard to tell. It's also really hard.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

It's like anyone who cares about the region or has been there has reported on it. And anyone interested in the kind of politics that the Kurds have built up in the region and others, I should say, is, you know, it's been a multi-ethnic project. If you care about that, it's really hard not to be glued to social media to see what's going on. But it can be quite detrimental to morale.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 161

It's like anyone who cares about the region or has been there has reported on it. And anyone interested in the kind of politics that the Kurds have built up in the region and others, I should say, is, you know, it's been a multi-ethnic project. If you care about that, it's really hard not to be glued to social media to see what's going on. But it can be quite detrimental to morale.