Here is a current very good article on this topic by Rosenberg:
The U.S. & West should support Kurdish independence. Here’s why. [Analysis of Kurdish referendum, to be held on Sept. 25]
Per the recent article by
“Unfortunately, the Trump administration also opposes the referendum, or at least its timing. This is a mistake. The Kurds deserve their freedom now.”Along the way, the Kurds have proven themselves staunch and faithful allies of the U.S. and the West.
“They (Kurds) helped us fight and defeat Saddam Hussein in the 2003 war. [see a detailed account in Bob Woodward’s book, Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq and subsequent books by Woodward on the war.]
They have helped the West effectively fight the Islamic State in Iraq.
They have helped the West effectively fight the Islamic State in Syria.
They have welcomed thousands of Iraqi Christians, Yazidis and other minorities when they were fleeing from ISIS genocide.
They have built a growing economy and a stable, functioning, pluralistic and imperfect but reasonably democratic society.
They were promised a real partnership in a democratic, pluralistic Iraqi government, but those promises failed to materialize, as well.
What’s more, they have close and long-standing commercial and intelligence ties to, and warm relations with, the State of Israel [Israel is the only government that has openly supported Kurdish independence] and can be an ally in Middle East peace-making.” (end of quote)