Special for the Armenian Weekly
On June 6, ISIS forces captured the Iraqi city of Mosul. The Islamist forces, outnumbered 15 to 1, overran the city, forcing Iraqi national army soldiers to abandon their weapons and flee. The militants killed soldiers and civilians, raided banks, and released fellow Islamists from prisons and integrated them into their army. The weapons they captured from the Iraqi Army included American-supplied guns and helicopters. The entire battle took less than a week an
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The US armed the Islamic militants because a few years ago thee US wanted to depose Syria’s Assad, a friend of Iran. Iran is seen by Israel and the US as an enemy.
Now we see the US attacking ISIS. Why?
One reason is that Israel and the US want to retain the Kurdish areas as proxy mini-states. Israel has long armed Iraqi Kurds.
Israel wants to break up the Middle East in a long-range divide and conquer strategy. The Kurds are seen as a fore that is non-Arab, and are not anti-Israel.
By the way, I doubt that Kurdish groups are pro-feminist. Please.
It’s time to take the gloves off. The US has in its arsenal of conventional weapons(bag of tricks) that would incinerate any opponent. I say let ISIS feel true wrath by using these weapons like we did in the first Gulf Iraq war. What’s holding the coalition back? Turkey? Some idealized bull_s on taking the moral high ground? Why should the coalition show any mercy? Quit pussy footing around! Let’s do it! Obama. And close this thing once and for all!
Excellent and persuasive summary. Straightforward and informative, but passes one salient point: namely that ISIS is closely connected to Turkish intelligence and that Turkey’s fate is tied to ISIS. AKP is now very clumsily trying to play at neutrality. Also this article fails to mention that the important details that Sakine Cansiz was assassinated by MIT in Paris last year and that Abdullah Ocalan started out as a Turkish MIT infiltrator within the Kurdish movement. The progressive forces which finally have the reins of the PKK are Murat Karayilan and Cemal Bayik in the Qandil Mountains. There are also inspiring elements of the BDP very open to Turkish and diaspora Armenians.
Maybe it goes without saying for the purposes of this article, but it is imperative to acknowledge how ripe the time it is for Kurdish-Armenian unity. Leftists in the Kurdish struggle are natural allies of the Armenian cause. In fact maybe our only natural allies out there.
What? ISIS is a Turkish military/intelligence created “army”. It was created because the useless “free Syrian Army” thugs, were not effective enough to rid ASSAD, unless your goal was to kidnap civilians and profit off ransom money and torture. Also the USA didn’t want to supply them with weapons. SO this ultra vile “army” was created and they basically stole Iraq’s weapons and oil to use for cash flow. Make no mistake all this was facilitated by the Turks.
excellent analysis of the crisis
did not know of the history of Kabani
thank you garen!
Very interesting article and I just wonder if somewhere in the ranks of the YPD and PKK are Armenians, continuing the struggle against militant Islam, Turkish in particular, that our Fedayee heroes of some 100 years ago participated in.
May God help the brave Kurd fighters and give Kurds great victory over the satanic muslim ISIS monsters. Even though the Kurd communists don’t believe in God, and say “We have no friends but the mountains.” May our Precious, Merciful, Glorious, Awesome God, be the very best friend the Kurds ever had.
If our evil Western leaders continue to refuse to provide the arms desperately needed by the Kurds in Kobani and a satanic genocide takes place by the satanist ISIS monsters, Western leaders and Turkey will have the blood of innocents on their hands.
I hate communism, but at least communists have humanity. ISIS monsters and their many supporters in Western countries, have none.
Please God, give the Kurds great victory, Amen.
I tried to found any foundation that promote support to Kurdish fighters and a modest sum , but I didn’t found.
It’s a shame for the whole “civilized” world, the Kurds must alone to fight against this evil….
Genocide is going on for new generations of the survivors or 1915.
Thank you so much.
RZ
even being aware the criminal deeds aimed at my people by the Kurds, I still want them survive and defeat the Islamic militants,
Armenia is in no position the come to their aid, but if they allow the refugees shelter it will prove to the world what we stand for.
Excellent article! There is even more vivid reporting on the on-line English language version the German magazine, Der Spiegel. See the latest article entitled, “Battle for Kobani: As the World Watches, Turkey Looks Away” at http://www.spiegel.de/international
I agree! I agree! Very, very perceptive and insightful. We Armenians know the score…been there, done that, got the T shirt for it!
i believe this is the best time for Armenians to aid the Kurds, in any way they can.