The Kurds are a great people divided into four entities, imprisoned in four different states: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. The Kurds being spoken of the most (although insufficiently) these days are the Kurds of Syria. They are spoken of because they have been attacked, torn to pieces, humiliated and murdered by the Arab militias of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former jihadist who became the new master of Damascus following the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
And they are spoken of (insufficiently) because this former jihadist is in the process of dismantling the autonomy that the Kurds managed to win inside their Syrian prison—at immense sacrifice.
How does the U.S. respond to this tragedy? On one side, there is the bipartisan efforts of Sens. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), sponsors of the Save the Kurds Act. On the other, the Trump administration is considering withdrawing the thousand troops still on the ground, and public opinion doesn’t seem to care much.
For at least four reasons, failing to assist this people in danger would be a tragic mistake.
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