I don’t know about the American attitude toward the different populations of Kurds but the Turks distinguish between the Communist Kurds and the rest. The Communist Kurds have been the most troublesome to the Turks over the years. The Kurds in Kobani are the Communist group. The Kurds in Iraq are a mixture but the nonCommunists are the majority and run the government in Kurdistan.
Oh don’t get me wrong...I am not a Kurd believer. Over these last few months just following their upper echelon on twitter has been eye opening. I don’t think I have ever seen a group more prone to pretending and fabrication as they but the fact remains....Our strategy was not build on this difference but out of deference.