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galen · 3240 days ago · link · · parent · post: U.S. Weighing More Military Bases in Iraq to Fight ISIS, Top General Says
Seriously, what do US policymakers have against supporting the Kurds? Are they just not aware that that's an option? I mean, I understand that the Kurds are pretty politically radical, especially in Syria, but that shouldn't prelude US support of their campaign against Da'esh. And what a campaign that has been. The peshmerga are the only military force in Iraq or Syria that have managed to consistently push back against Da'esh's advances. They won historic victories in Kobane and Sinjar, and there's something deeply satisfying about watching the empowered women of the YPJ defeating those who would see them covered and kept in the home. So why won't the US aid the Kurds?