The Kurdish fight is humanity’s fight

Jerusalem Post ^ | January 30, 2018 22:12 | Sarah N. Stern

[Texas Fossil]

I don’t believe any of it is accurate. It is from the perspective of the FSA, which was never effective from the beginning.

I see no agreement between Turkey and US and I see no indication that the US will abandon the SDF in Manbij.

I know about Joshua Landis, we follow each other on Twitter, he is based in Oklahoma. (I lived there for 7 years) His wife is Syrian and her parents are connected to the Alawite sect in Damascas.

I’ve never heard of the author, but he must have perspective from Turkey.

The “deal” is between Assad, Iran and Turkey. They have their own interests and Efrin (Afrin) is a trading chip of the negotiations. That does not mean that a deal giving Turkey control of Efrin assures Turkey can take or hold Efrin.

I think Russia is playing with Turkey.

All 3 players are seeking to deny the US any foothold in the ME. But the US has powerful allies there already.

[Texas Fossil]

“According to Pat Buchanan”??

I’m not a Buchananite. The article which you provided a link is a rambling dissertation about how lost US Foreign policy actually is. While that may be so in general terms, I refuse to accept that gloomy view of the US’s future and condition.

Trump is clearly stating that he intends to cultivate friends and discard those who pretend to be friends of the US and the West, but stab us in the back.

We are at war internally in the State Department, DOJ, FBI, Homeland Security and another 1/2 dozen alphabet agencies. The subversive hold over’s from the Obozo administration are being exposed and removed as possible. We are actually beginning to deal with the reality of how wasted much of our effort, wealth and ability is misdirected.

So, we should not focus on the Malthusian mindset of things will just get worse and focus on what can be done to build on our strengths and unify the nation.

Here we are.