<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I reckon that if we've had discussion on this list of a MoveOn petition, and if subsequently reality changes sufficiently to allow claiming victory on the petition, then a new thread is justified for the victory lap and spiking the ball in the endzone. (Isn't it fun to use sports metaphors when you know nothing about sports at all?)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div><div>AP: Turkey helping Kurdish fighters cross into Kobani</div><div><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/after-arms-drop-us-coalition-strikes-is-group/2014/10/20/e49d466e-583f-11e4-9d6c-756a229d8b18_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/after-arms-drop-us-coalition-strikes-is-group/2014/10/20/e49d466e-583f-11e4-9d6c-756a229d8b18_story.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>BBC: Islamic State: Turkey to let Iraq Kurds join Kobane fight<br></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29685830" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29685830</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>With two distinct MSM reports, with the second citing Kurdish media, I figured it was safe to wave the victory flag:</div><div><br></div><div>Obama: Press Turkey to Stop Massacre of Syrian Kurds<br></div><div><a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/obama-press-turkey-to?source=c.em&r_by=1135580" target="_blank">http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/obama-press-turkey-to?source=c.em&r_by=1135580</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>===</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20448-2898%20x1" value="+12024482898" target="_blank">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div>
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