In the 4th century BC the Greek mercenary Xenophon and his 10,000 Greek Hoplites learned not to mess with the Kurds during their retreat from Persia......
I have been asking (and saying) this since this ISIS stuff began, where are the armies of the states who surround ISIS-—Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Turkey? A pan-arab/islamic coalition army could wipe ISIS out in a matter of days. The US should be nothing more than a “supportive bystander.” The US should tell all of these states—”not my circus, not my monkey. Put some balls on and handle it.”