McRaven? You mean McChrystal. Head of SOCOM vs head of NATO.

“Iraq would never allow it.”

I’m afraid you don’t understand the situation. Turkey fully supports Iraqi Kurdistan autonomy. Can’t say the same about the Canadians though.

The most porous passage is where the refugee camps are. The vast majority are along the Syria-Turkey border.

A note on grating citrus vs a microplane. The depth of cut in a microplane keeps you from reaching the pith which means you leave more of that acrid taste on the fruit and capture closer to pure zest.

“They are not Iraqi Kurds, they are just kurds fighting Sunnis.”

You’re missing the point. It’s not to eliminate daesh completely. It’s to eliminate their positions from Iraq and Turkey before attempting an “international coalition” to send boots into Syria. Also Iraqi Kurds have already been fighting in Kobani and Raqqa.

You’re generalizing populations. Turkey is squarely against the PKK. They’re VERY supportive of the Iraqi Kurdistan government. Going as far as to say that they support an autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.

1. The US and a handful of commited allies (not a coalition necessarily) need to support the Iraqi Kurdistan government more directly. Stand up a full fledged Iraqi Kurdish defense force (armored units, aircraft, top tier training). They have the boots, the will to fight, and it’ll help their bid for autonomy in the…

Autonomous Horizon’s is completely irrelevant. Never once is an “autonomous fighter” mentioned. Therefor your statement:

“Mostly because the race issue in America is so far behind (like most of our politics) where it is in Europe”

Equally so, American’s are revered in certain countries while European’s are despised (much of SE Asia for example). From a tourism perspective it’s often more about being in the minority of a that group (tourists).

“This is why the first “autonomous” fighter drones wont actually be autonomous, they will be quarterbacked by the F-35 while doing 99% of tasks by themselves”

“it can’t defend itself”

“Interracial marriage would still be illegal in some southern states if it was left up to them, I have no doubt.”

“You are confusing an autonomous system with AI,”

Now let’s see if you can get it to pay for the entire car itself.

“especially southern ones”

“which you link alluded to”

“Good point, but that would change if that many supplies are so easy to take as there is nothing defending them and they can be stopped so easily.”