[bray]

Of course there are no special forces working with them.

Pray America wakes up

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Well there might be a couple “planners’, you know, community organizers for man-caused foreign contingency areas.

[Lurker]

“Of course there are no special forces working with them.”

And if there are they aren’t wearing boots.

[Dog]

Of course there are no special forces working with them

They're there....we may not see them or hear of them in reports.

[crosslink]

This is from an interview with the commander Mahmoud Sangawi of the Kurd fighters. If Obama is forcing them to fight with Iraq forces this may not end well.

Rudaw: Do you consider the Iraqi Army an invader?

Mahmoud Sangawi: I can never mention the term “disputed territories” to describe the areas that are not under the control of Kurdistan Region, I call them the invaded areas of Kurdistan.

Rudaw: If they are an invader army, why would the Peshmerga forces in this area coordinate with them?

Mahmoud Sangawi: We have a common enemy; otherwise there is no difference between ISIS and Maliki.

Rudaw: It is said that, because of PUK’s relations with Iran, it is reluctant to make a decision whether to fight ISIS or not. Is that true?

Mahmoud Sangawi: Don’t you see that we are in fighting with ISIS, which is a terrorist group. Regardless of our relations with Maliki, we have been in fighting with ISIS. ISIS is a collection of Islamic forces that we used to fight in the Sharazur area.

Rudaw: How are PUK’s relations with Maliki now?

Mahmoud Sangawi: We don’t have good relations now. During the commemoration of the assassination of Baqir Hakim, Barham Salih went to Baghdad and met Maliki. Whether we see them or not, they keep lying.

Rudaw: Do you think Maliki lies?

Mahmoud Sangawi: Yes he lies, after ISIS he will fight us.

Rudaw: Recently, the world media have been talking about the division of Iraq after this war into three countries. Do you think this will happen?

Mahmoud Sangawi: I don’t know if it is going to happen now, but eventually it must happen. The future of Iraq is three federal regions for Kurds, Sunnis, and Shiites. A central government and another Saddam are never acceptable.

Rudaw: The Kurdistan Region presidency has announced that Peshmerga forces will not attack unless they are attacked. As a military commander in this area, do you think ISIS will attack Kurdistan?

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Of course there are no special forces working with them. Pray America wakes up

With the ROE the special forces would likely be saddled with, it's probably for the best - the Kurds can wage war w/o us sobbing that they're being too brutal.