September 21, 2013

America Is Betting Against The Kurds In Syria, Backs Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorist Groups

"It is clear in the civil war in Syria that the
US backs the FSA.  Washington hopes that the fall of the Assad regime
will allow the Syrian forces in the FSA to defeat the Gulf Arab militias
who, by then, they hope, will have defeated the armed forces of the
DUP.  But this seems unlikely because the PKK is not just a strong
national liberation movement and it is now firmly embedded in Kurdish
society in the east and southeast of Turkey.  Indeed, it is possible that
the PKK and DUP together may increasingly challenge the KRG for
dominance of the Kurdish nationalist movements in the Middle East.  If
this proves to be the case, that the "other war" in Syria may reach
proportions as significant as the civil war in Syria." -  Robert Olson, "Syria: the other war" Today's Zaman, September 15, 2013.