At least this article admits the “ SDF” is Kurdish- led
The real battle of Raqqah will be who occupies the city after ISIS is defeated
We arevdoing everything we can to try and stop the real Syrian Atmy from retaking their Syrian city
The Kurds are going to want to go home and defend their own towns
Which the Turks and ISIS will make sure are kept under attack
According to the pentagon about a month ago, its 40% Kurd, 60% Arab (sunni wahabbist jihadi)
Taking the pentagon at their word, the biggest part of the force isn’t under one banner, so the Kurds lead, but this isn’t some Kurdish movement we should admire.
Its the same old Syrian headchoppers group McCain, Obama and Hillary built after a couple of mergers and some rebranding. The neo”cons” are carefully doing some slick Madison avenue PR effort to make sure we know its a Kurdish democratic movement, reading Adams and Jefferson after their battles each day.
At best, this is like communist Vietnam taking out Pol Pot. Or the Crips killing off some MS-13.