The Rojavan Kurds

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Just finished watching this.
Nothing is simple. I like these people. Can't help it.
I've watched them for over 2 years.
Assad OWES them. Big time.

I've followed this war for almost 30 months.
Compared to the Sunni 'neighborhood'... you could do a LOT worse.

Now 'abandoned' by their US 'friends'...
In exchange for their allegiance, Assad should protect them. I would.
Give them some oil. So what? The hegemons want it ALL.
They want you DEAD.

United Stand, Divided Fall. So Unite... they NEED 'friends'. Bad!
Kick the Treacherous Ottomans BACK across their border.
They might just be grateful for LIFE and protect your Northern Border FOREVER.



... and yes, I like and watched Syria Girl's opinion piece on the Kurds.
I just weighed it all out.. divided it by my instincts and still think
the Kurds (regardless of their 'fuzzy' ethnic 'mix' and desperate attempts for recognition...
INCLUDING the violent acts of retribution and self defense....
They are NO WORSE than what surrounds them.)
Desperate people do desperate things... I've seen it first hand.
Hope they make it.... Assad too.

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Erwin Stran, a US volunteer with the YPG, said the US statement was a stab in the back.

"I guess it's true what they say. 'Kurds have no friends but the mountains'," he told Middle East Eye.
"I'm just as confused as I'm sure the Kurds are at this point."

"It's disgusting and disappointing," said Joe Ackerman, a former British soldier from Halifax
who fought for more than a year with the Kurds against IS until March 2016.

"It looks like a big plan from Turkey to be fair.
And if Turkey are there to defeat Daesh (IS)
then why are the soldiers invading mainly terrorist groups,"
referring to the Turkey-backed rebel groups
who reportedly led the offensive on Jarabulus on Wednesday.

"The YPG, YPJ (Women's Protection Units) and the SDF
have lost considerable amounts of soldiers [in Manbij]
and without them the West and Europe would be awash
with trained Daesh experts in bomb making and skilled soldiers."

“The disappointment of Kurds towards [the] US is very visible,
you can see from people on the streets, politicians, it’s there,
people are very upset and disappointed," said Mutlu Civiroglu,
a Kurdish affairs analyst and reporter.
"Because it is the Kurds who paid the highest price in the fight against IS.

“Just during the Manbij operation [the SDF] had more than 200 losses,
so families of these fighters are upset, people on the street are upset
that the US is so inconsiderate to their demands,” he said.
“And at the same time making Turkey happy."

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/an...mass-447527904