The Syrian Kurds, Part I, Just a touch base.

Not only has there been a war in this and about this area for years, but the "media war" doesn't make it much clearer...  It's really difficult to find clear unbiased information on this subject...It takes a lot of time, sometimes more time than I want to be reading.

Most Americans don't even know who the Kurds are.

I started researching them two years ago in detail after several years of watching the ISIS situation develop along with the Syrian Civil War.  I also watched several "on the ground" documentaries on the war with ISIS in which several factions of Kurdish fighters played a prominent role.

I just hope by this latest of foreign policy decision doesn't create a whole new group of enemies for us... clearly, we have been careless with this region for quite some time...  we have lots of history of being careless in our foreign policy.

There really is no black and white in this... its a lot of gray... and what a mess.  It's a mess we will most likely be attempting, with our allies and even enemies to be cleaning up for a long time...

Imagine if we had just left US troops in Iraq this whole time... and not left, like we have had bases in Germany and Japan for decades...

But to counterpoint that, should we have gotten involved there in the first place... that is not an easy question to answer and is multi-faceted.

Washington Post - Who are the Kurds, and why is Turkey attacking them?

Wikipedia - Kurds In Syria and the Civil War

Wikipedia - Syrian Civil War

Wikipedia - Kurds

BBC - Turkey Syria offensive: Trump's week of confusion over US policy

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