KURDISH ISSUE REVISITED.
If you search my site, you will find I have addressed the
issue of the Kurds on several occasions and having said that, I'm going to do
so one more time.
First off, an issue that is 30 million strong, far larger
than the Palestinian issue, is simply not going to go away.
Much has been written
about the Kurds being "paid off" by Assad's regime to not enter the
revolt.
Even more has been said about the true fears of Turkey and the issue of the Kurds in Syria and inside Turkey .
So, let me ask a question.
From a simply Kurdish perspective, should they pay the price
of being involved in the Sunni, Shia civil war inside Syria ?
As they have said, what's in it for them?
Where were the Sunni when the Kurds tried to separate from
Iraq at the end of Desert Storm; oh by the way... they did have some Sunni
support; just not much was made of it, but the Kurds must admit it happened.
What Arab Clan has made a "stand" for the Kurdish
cause?
Now, the argument, and it's a good one, can be made the
Kurds have never known freedom under Assad or
Assad's Masters.... the Iranians.
Is there just as much a chance for real freedom if they help
with the downfall of Assad?
Will the Islamic Fundamentalist agree to divide a slice of Syria for the
sake of Kurdish support?
Has anyone heard such a statement made by the Rebels or the
FSA or any other Sunni group fighting Assad?
If the resistance doesn't find a way to "reach
out" to the Kurds, then they run the real risk of Assad continuing to play
one off against the other.
This issue has so many complicated sidebars, but it is clear
the resistance needs the Kurd's support and they cannot afford to allow Assad
and Iran
to leverage the Kurds against the fight for freedom.
Oh, by the way, if the resistance wants Kurdish support,
they need to clearly define what the definition of " Freedom" is!!!
Sharia law and Sunni rule is not the "vision" the
Kurds will be looking for.
