I do however, share your wariness. The Kurds have proven themselves much more staunch allies than the rest of the Iraqis, IMNVHO. While the Iraqi 'armed forces' flee, the Kurds stand and quite successfully fight ISIS.
God, if we only had an American leader right now! Instead of arming 'disidents' who routinely turn out to be the Christian-massacring Muslim terroristss of Obama's Muslim Spring, we might want to support the Kurds.
In the add some info department, there are many Christian Kurds. I don't know the numbers, but it is significant.
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The Kurds are fighting for an independent state. They have proven themselves willing and more able than the rest of their countrymen. However, they, like all their coreligionists, believe first in tribe.
Their convenient alliance with the islamo-fascist Turks is not neccesarily a good thing, either. The Kurds are easily capable of atrocities, as their history proves. None of the players in the region can be trusted.
There is no concept of truth in the ME, only what’s best for us now. Americans politicians and most military leaders are fools. The areas that are being “conquered” are inhabited by ISIL supporters. The Iraqi troops running from the fight have no stake in the defense of these cities. The very idea of national defense makes no sense in this context. Uniforms and flags do not a nation or an army make.