The Kurds?  Where have I heard that before?

When Trump ordered US troops out of Northern Syria we all saw the pics of Kurds throwing rocks and garbage at the troops as they rolled out of Syria and into Iraq.

Of course the propaganda arm of the Pentagon, the mainstream media, immediately started telling their viewers how important the Kurds are to our overall plan for the Middle East (to date I still have NO idea what that plan could be).

For now that story is not necessary for the MSM for they have the impeachment hearings and that is ratings gold.

But the military talks to the op-ed pages to push the Kurds saga for them….

Much of the outrage and frustration for the U.S. withdrawal from Syria focused on America’s long-standing relationship with the Kurds, without differentiating between Kurdish groups. While America’s relations with Syria’s Kurds are in flux, as a matter of foreign policy, America should increase its support for the Kurds of Iraq, a clear and reliable long-term partner in this historically contested region.

The Kurds, an ethnic group living on the borderlands between Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria, have figured prominently in American strategy in the Middle East for three decades. The 1990 Gulf war focused mainly on rolling back Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. It also led America to impose a no-fly zone on oil-rich northern Iraq. This drove the Kurds to set up their own autonomous government structure, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). This “regional framework” grew stronger following America’s invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein. As a second order effect, the KRG became the most stable, reliable, and U.S.-friendly part of the country.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/12/03/america_and_the_kurds_114888.html

This op-ed made the case on why the US should retain the Kurds as our fist in the war against any expansionism into the region….but in doing so is there a law being trashed?

 

The fast-moving events in Syria and Turkey have made for head-spinning headlines and sometimes personal anguish for many U.S. soldiers who have fought in that region. The outpouring of emotion at the plight of the Syrian Democratic Forces’ People Protection Units (YPG), a primarily Kurdish militia, has ignited nationwide debate as to the U.S. governments’ loyalty to allies. Soldiers – indeed, officers, have openly questioned the motives of the commander in chief (CINC) and disparaged his order to withdraw up to 1,000 troops from areas of direct conflict in northeastern Syria.