Free State After Helping Saddam

So we helped overthrow Saddam can we get a free state now?

American and Turkish soldiers stand behind a Kurdish person, who is being held by a large hand while asking, "So we helped overthrow Saddam, can we get a free state now?" The joke refers to Kurdish support for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the longstanding Kurdish aspiration for an independent state, contrasted with the political refusal to grant one. It is used as a darkly sarcastic reaction to perceived betrayal by allies and broken promises. EN: American and Turkish soldiers stand behind a Kurdish person, who is being held by a large hand while asking, "So we helped overthrow Saddam, can we get a free state now?" The joke refers to Kurdish support for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the longstanding Kurdish aspiration for an independent state, contrasted with the political refusal to grant one. It is used as a darkly sarcastic reaction to perceived betrayal by allies and broken promises.

• @dustinthehead / 30877 2026-04-25