I think it's time for the US to start supplying the Kurds with our most advanced weaponry, especially man-portable anti-tank and anti-air systems. We don't have to fight for the Kurds, but there is nothing that says we can't sell them our fantastic weapons. And wouldn't it be nice, if for a change, the US sold its weapons to someone who was actually worthy of our support?
What is the relationship like between Kurdistan and Israel ... https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-relationship-like-between-Kurdistan-and-Israel Jul 03, 2016 · Here is Mustafa Barzani (second right) and chief of Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency) Mustafa Barzani on left (or center) and deputy director of Mossad in 1966. In northern Iraq.
In September 2014, following an ISIS offensive in North Iraq, the Israeli NGO agency IsraAid announced to provide urgent assistance to Christians and Yezidis in Iraqi Kurdistan, together with the American Jewish Committee. In October 2014, IsraAID agency provided humanitarian supplies to refugees within the Kurdish region of Iraq, fleeing the ISIL terror campaign. The IsraAid provided supplies to 1,000 families in Dohuk towards the winter, including beds, baby milk and blankets. The IsraAid assistance was provided in collaboration with the Canadian ONEXONE agency and was coordinated with the KRG. IsraAID's Founding Director Shahar Zahavi told Arutz Sheva that the Israeli team were warmly received by the Kurdish residents of the camp. By early 2015, IsraAid trucks provided 3,000 items to Dohuk in Iraqi Kurdistan, helping Christian and Yezidi refugees. There are also unofficial claims (and official denials) regarding Israeli military advisors in Kurdistan in the past. Why all of this cooperation? I can see several reasons for that: 1. Someone in the Middle East who doesn't hate our guts? Priceless! Of course Israel does everything it can to support! 2. There is a large Kurdistan Jews community in Israel, and it's quite a pro-Kurdish lobby. 3. A national group that doesn't have its own state, and is hated and kicked around by the nations among which it lives? Sounds too familiar... Genetic memory, you know. Especially when Israel has problems with the same groups Kurds do. 4. Purely humanitarian issues.
The Kurds are our best and most reliable partners in that region. They deserve their own country. Let's help them achieve independence. We don't have to fight by their side, we just have to supply them with the weapons they need to defend themselves from tyrants.
Isn't it amazing that the US is willing to support all sorts of scumbags with advanced weaponry, but the one group of people who actually deserve our support are being abandoned?
