The 51st state should be Kurdistan. We should give the Kurds their oil back.

[RandomPoster]

The people in Kurdistan wave the American flag on a regular basis and begged the USA to make them the 51st state back in the days of Henry Kissinger. It is long overdue that they become part of the USA. Perhaps if the US and Russia make an agreement, we stay out of Ukraine and they stay out of Kurdistan and let us stop Iraq from stealing oil from the Kurds. They've also been forced to convert to Islam. We can let them convert to Christianity. The national bird of Kurdistan is the Golden Eagle. The national anthem of Kurdistan is called "Hey Enemy!"

"Oh, enemy! The Kurdish people live on,
They have not been crushed by the weapons of any time
Let no one say Kurds are dead, they are living
They live and never shall we lower our flag

We are descendants of the red banner of the revolution
Look at our past, how bloody it is
Let no one say Kurds are dead, they are living
They live and never shall we lower our flag

The Kurdish youth rise bravely,
With their blood they colored the crown of life
Let no one say Kurds are dead, they are living
They live and never shall we lower our flag

We are the descendants of the Medes and Cyaxares
Kurdistan is our religion, our credo,
Let no one say Kurds are dead, they are living
They live and never shall we lower our flag

The Kurdish youth are ready and prepared,
To give their life as the supreme sacrifice
Let no one say Kurds are dead, they are living
They live and never shall we lower our flag

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

The Kurds attempted to take advantage of a weakened Syria. Yet...once again like the lovable loser they are...they got played again.
I don't know who is more gullible...Israel's greatest ally or the Kurds.

 

[Zorro!]

Congress did not think through these quite predictable outcomes before authorizing any further U.S. military involvement in this wretched region. Congress prefers to lay low in the tall grass, wait for presidents to act, and then complain when things go awry.

The easily foreseeable conflict between Turkey and the Kurds is at hand. We are supposed to see the problem as Trump’s abandoning of U.S. commitments. But why did we make commitments to the Kurds that undermined preexisting commitments to Turkey? The debate is strictly framed as “How can we leave the Kurds to the tender mercies of the Turks?” No one is supposed to ask “What did we expect would happen when we backed a militant organization that is tightly linked to U.S.-designated terrorists and that is the bitter enemy of a NATO ally we knew would not abide its presence on the ally’s border?” No one is supposed to ask “What is the end game here? Are we endorsing the partition of Syria? Did we see a Kurdish autonomous zone as the next Kosovo?” The recognition of Kosovo’s split from Serbia, over Russian objections, was exploited by the Kremlin as a rationale for promoting separatism and annexations in Georgia and Ukraine.

President Trump, by contrast, has an exit strategy, which is to exit. For a change, he should have strong support from Congress, which is threatening heavy sanctions if Turkey routs the Kurds.

We are grateful for the Kurd's assistance in our mutual interest against ISIS. We should try to help them, but no one wants to risk war with Turkey over them. The American people’s representatives never endorsed combat operations in Syria, and the president is right that the public wants out. Of course we must prioritize the denial of safe havens from which jihadists can attack American interests. We have to stop pretending, though, that if our intentions toward this neighborhood are pure, its brutal history, enduring hostilities, and significant downside risks can be ignored.

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