The Kurds are as close to the good guys as there are in the region.
They have been our best and strongest (and most effective) ally in the fight in the Middle East. The Iraqis have been feckless, and now they’re in open alliance with Iranian forces.
Meanwhile, Kurdistan has fought side by side with us the entire way. They were the ones who led us to Salamn Pak. They have given safe harbor to displaced Christians and Yazidis. The Kurds deserve our full support, and I am disappointed that President Trump is staying neutral.
Not taking a side effectively sides with the Iraqi forces, and therefore with Iranian forces. I’d rather side wit our allies, the protectors of Christians, teh best fighting force in the region.
Frankly, they deserve our help.
What better than to break the back of the mullahs first? Study up on the Persian’s idea of a leader in that of Cyrus.
Just an FYI - Assad also protected Christians and other minorities.
He was still openly attacked by obama. DJT has been somewhat better...
“Frankly, they deserve our help.”
I tend to agree. Still don’t understand why Turkey feels threatened by them, though.
This is a pivotal moment. Just like with the birth of Israel, all of the neighboring despots want to snuff out Kurdistan.
While I agree the Kurds have been our friends, we cannot help them militarily. They are on Iraq and Turkish land. And neither of them will let us support the Kurds. We can have no ability to support them at all. At least not in public.
The problem is that they are spread out between Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria. There is NO way any of those countries can except an independent Kurdistan because of what it would mean to their own Kurdish minorities.
It's a very, very complex problem and is the very very last thing we should be sticking our toes into.
And I hate saying that but there it is.
The Kurds are the most effective and experienced fighters in the region. Make no mistake. Now that ISIS is defeated the Iraqi civil war enters a new phase. The Shi’ite militias and Iran have no choice but to attack Kurdish held oil rich Kuiruk. The Shi’ites will be badly bloodied. The Kurds have set so many tank traps and kill zones that scrap dealers have already bid on the salvage rights.
The only decisive action we should take right now is to tell the entire region to grow up and leave them alone.
Totally agree. Further, the Kurds are NOT Arabs OR Turks.
TWO MORE good points.
Like the Armenians, the Kurds have been kicked around far too long by Turks and Arabs. GIVE THEM THEIR OWN COUNTRY!
I agree completely.
This isn’t an issue of deserving, or something that is as easy as hitting “like” on a post.
The minute you endorse the breakaway part of an existing nation that we have to work with, and antagonizing another that chafes at this potential nation on its borders, you put us in a hell of a bind for a quick feel good moment.
The article is dated September 26th. The Iraqi army controls the area. The Kurds are not our friend. They are unreliable, sell any weapons we give them and run when confronted.
Times are changing faster than the western media can create propaganda.
I’ve always thought this was a good idea. Hey, even a blind Joe Biden (squirrel) can a find a nut once in a while.
I would term it the first chance at a truly moderate nation in the Middle East, since Israel.
A seeming nod to a 'liberal' entity is a massive mistake IMO.
Liberal = Leftist = Democrat = Socialism = Communism
These days it also means ANTIFA and BLM.
Keep the Leftist descriptors out.
FWIW; Trump has already said we are not taking sides.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-not-taking-sides-between-iraqi-forces-kurds-201227995.html
Now, could we make things go easier on the Kurds? Give them back channel support?
I don’t think they are abuse in Iraq as they are in Turkey.
Fake news alert.
That would start a regional war, and turn every ally in the region against us.
The Kurd’s are not good guys. They just don’t target us for their terrorism.
They don’t need our help.
Our military is not for use as a hire an Army thing.
If the Kurd want their own territory, let them have it. We have never supported the right side in these wars. Evidently, we don’t do something correctly.
I don’t know if it is true in the long run and if it would work,
But as for Turkey, the Kurds should outnumber the Turks in the near future, meaning by about 2040. Maybe they can bide their time in the meantime. That’s not that far away.
Maybe the numbers are with them in these other areas too.
Demographic change.