tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post2386849651636554243..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: Betrayal of Kurds was expected , but we should never accept itglynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-11158259930760126342019-10-08T11:39:29.963+01:002019-10-08T11:39:29.963+01:00"...once ISIS was defeated." The use of ..."...once ISIS was defeated." The use of the past tense is utterly inappropriate. ISIS is alive, not as well as it used to be but recovering like all infections do if not treated thoroughly. It is evolving, or mutating, and will resume its mission when it's good and ready. Big powers, USA & its allies, Russia, China all try to deal with this problem on a half heated basis. To win, if that's what they really want, they need to support the Kurds ( and others) and work long term to create a nation state out of Kurdish territory which can co-exist with its Turkish, Iraqi, Syrian neighbours. A darker analysis suggests that USA and NATO allies have played some deeply devious games in that "Fertile Crescent" and fostered growth of ISIS as a way of undermining Shia (Iranian)influence, and distracting the Syria/Russia axis. End game so far is a Syria/Iran link with Russia providing additional muscle. Western indifference to their fate could motivate the Kurds to look to Syria/Iran/Russia for support, which Syria would welcome as it would provide an effective force to supress/clean out ISIS in the region. The big powers need to wake up to the reality of several variations of Islamist radicalism re-formin and mutating globally - sub Sahara, E.Africa, west China, Caucasus, and off course metropolitan Europe. Plenty to worry about.... if they really care ! dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com