This whole notion that the Kurds somehow helped the US destroy ISIS out of mere friendship is just a complete perversion of the facts.

The Kurds were/are the natural enemy of ISIS and were already fighting ISIS before the US turned up. It was merely a confluence of shared interests. Both sides wanted to defeat ISIS and shared interests led to shared forces. The Kurds fought on the ground and the US provided air support.

But the idea that the US owes the Kurds something is a crock. The Kurds owe the US just as much. Without the Kurds ISIS wins or is much more difficult to defeat. Without the US the Kurds are massacred and their women are currently sex slaves to the caliphate.

But the US isn't obligated to be the Kurds permanent air force.

Trump promised to get the US out of the interminable wars which have little value to US interests.

In the end the US never really had any vital interest in Syria or that general area. With the fracking revolution, the US is a net oil exporter so they have no vital interests in the region at all.

There is no reason for the US to expend blood and money trying to arbitrate millennia old disputes. They still have some obligation to not leave old allies in the lurch but that's not happening to the Kurds.

If Trump gets 4 more years,look forward to him pulling out of Afghanistan and forcing the anti-Iranian coalition to shoulder the bulk of the effort against Iran. A Saudi/Israel alliance is in the wind.

China on the other hand has a vital interest in keeping the ME calm since it is utterly reliant on Hormuz remaining open. It'll be interesting to see how they handle that.

When Trump came to power, the anti-Trump brigade assured us he would be so reckless that he would stumble into WW3. Now that the opposite is happening, they seem very upset and want him to be more belligerent

How dare the US try to protect it's own. Three minutes that'll help you understand Trump's motives....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDedUrzK3I

Remember when Hillary and the Obamessiah shame-facedly lied to the families of those killed in Benghazi?

Chalk and cheese

An even wilder claim than Joe's on Kurds was seen today: a photograph of a woman holding up a sign saying that 'The Kurds Saved Humanity'.

Ttbn,

And you've done ..... what ?

Joe

Joe,

Absolutely nothing. What am I supposed to have done? What have you done to 'save humanity'? Badmouthing Trump doesn't seem to have worked for you. He is more popular than ever by everyone except the Democrats and the Yankee media. Now, there is somebody who is doing something. He might even have to save all of us one day, not that you could possibly accept of course.

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To all and sundry,

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While I agree with Loudmouth (Joe) when he writes : « … the US repays the Kurds for their dedication and sacrifices with betrayal », I am more concerned that Australia is following suit and doing exactly the same.

Samantha Maiden wrote in the NewDaily on Oct 10, 2019 :

« Mr Trump remains under fire from critics, including Britain and high-profile Republican supporters for abandoning the Kurds, who have worked with the US to fight Islamic state, to the Turkish onslaught as they invade the country. The Turks regard the Kurds, who have worked with the US to repel Islamic State, as terrorists themselves.

But Mr Morrison said it was a matter for Turkey.

“It is the Turkish government that’s doing that, and it’s the actions of the Turkish government that concern Australia very seriously,” he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘Peace Spring’ mission is designed to secure a 32-kilometre corridor on the Turkish-Syrian border.

“The decision of the United States is a matter for them,” he said.

“It’s a sovereign decision of the United States. It’s not for me to run a commentary” ».

http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2019/10/10/morrison-syria/
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Our Prime Minister is quite right : the United States is a sovereign country. It is free to make its own decision.

Australia is too. So what is ours ? Does our Prime Minister consider that Donald Trump’s decision is valid in Australia ? Who takes decisions of that importance for us – the president of the United States, Donald Trump or the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison ?

Has our country, Australia, also made a sovereign decision to betray the Kurds ?

If so, I think it would have been nice if the Prime Minister had informed us of it and offered us some sort of explanation.

Don’t you ?

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