An officer of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) stands guard near the Syrian-Iraq border, Oct. 31, 2012. . ... One sticking point was Turkey’s resistance to the 2017 Kurdish independence referendum championed by Barzani of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in..…

Seth Moulton - Democratic Party   . Entered Race: April 22, 2019 . The Massachusetts congressman and Iraq War veteran is a proponent of promoting mental health, investing in cyber weapons in wartime efforts and the Green New Deal.  . . . ..…

Bush ordered U.S troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard the oil-rich desert kingdom against invasion by Iraq. 2000. Democratic Al Gore selected Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate Lieberman became Jewish person on party's ticket. 2010. ..…

But this trend of democratic expansion began to turn down, and first stagnate and then accelerate in its retreat after the US invasion of Iraq, the US-induced financial crisis that almost brought about a second Great Depression, and the acceleration of globalization and lots of people..…