The West does not just equal the U.S.A.
We have helped the Kurds a great deal, both in Iraq and in Syria. And they spilled large amounts of their own blood ending the Evil of ISIS. It is an alliance that worked well for both of us. Until Turkey invaded and restored ISIS and al Qaeda Terrorists to a beautiful stronghold in Northern Syria called Efrin (Afrin).
>> The visual- What replaced the Kurds and Ezidi's that Turkey drove out of Efrin?
Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman
https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/993408315043536896
This is a must-read report with clear maps relating to the re-settlement of IDPs from eastern Ghouta into #Afrin; the #Kurdish area that Turkey and Syrian rebels took over has become one of the main centers of moving IDPs #Afrinnews
Syria Forced Displacement Map1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DclLQhdXcAAmrda.jpg
Syria Forced Displacement Map2 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DclLQhPXkAEv52n.jpg
>> The statistics:
Syria Forced Displacement Data (May 2018) https://acu-sy.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Forced-Displacement-from-the-Eastern-Ghota-and-Qalmun.pdf
Nobody stepped in to help the defenders in Efrin. With horrible consequences. Russia allowed it to happen.
I understand what Russia, Turkey and Iran were trying to do to the US. It is hard to convey to our Kurd allies.
Now we must protect them from both Turkey and Iran. It's not my call, nor do I want to speculate on how to handle it, but it must be handled.
The West Betrays the Kurds
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Efrin is Turk war crime
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The Western media have ignored the fate of the Kurds, the people who defeated ISIS for us.
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Indeed, we helped the Kurds fight ISIS in Kurdish lands. We helped them fight the ISIS invaders because they are our common enemy. And because WE helped them, the Russian and Syrian forces mostly stayed out of Eastern Syria. The Turkey - Kurd issue is a completely different animal, as Turkey is taking advantage of Syria's inability to control the North, and pressing their generations old conflict with the Kurds. If anyone, including the Kurds, thought the USA would go to war with a NATO ally to protect them they are delusional. Did anyone think we would shoot down Turkish jets, or attack Turkish artillery? Maybe they expected we would send in thousands more ground troops to fight in Afrin? This was not a betrayal, as we never offered to fight Turkey.
Also, those who say Russia "let it happen" greatly overestimate Russia's ability to stand up to Turkey in Northern Syria.
The West gave the Turks a green light to massacre the Kurds.
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Clickable links:
Syria Forced Displacement Map1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DclLQhdXcAAmrda.jpg
Syria Forced Displacement Map2 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DclLQhPXkAEv52n.jpg
Afrin is a tragedy.
We have done well to give them a defensible border and a buffer between them and the terrorists relocated to Turkey’s Aleppo corridor.
And the West has an interest in those borders being defended.
So awful what goes on there. Like our warfare with the indians, only more barbaric. There, displaced populations are troops. Turkey is effectively occupying Irbil, Afrin and Aleppo.
We just moved the Indians away.
