ATLASCUB Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:03 pm
Don't understand the fixation of people here trying to make a distinction over whether a Kurd or an Arab under the SDF banner is the one that dies or not. Is the suggestion that a Kurd life > Arab life; or different? Obviously the right answer is no, thus the fixation on such thing is stupid, and diversionary to the discussions on the SDF. Moreover; it furthers SDF's agenda.
What matter is that both Kurds and Arabs are flying under the SDF banner, a proxy puppet of the United States military w/ Israeli/NATO/Saudi backing - aka illegal opposition to the government. When majority arab militia within SDF captures territory in Syria, it's claimed as SDF(colloquially known as Kurds) territory. Same thing happens when Kurd militia YPG captures territory. So the idea that there are different SDF's in existance and that a distinction should be made, is, I'll repeat myself, retard stupid. I don't even need to mention that the leadership in Rojava, which has set up the SDF w/ the U.S (and is pretty much the leadership that makes the whole apparatus work) sees no division when they make their statements and press releases about territory and advances; or who their guys are. If they did, and tried to be a Kurd-only ethnic force, they wouldn't be nearly as effective, both on the ground and politically - thus their little ego trip of land grab would fail.
So, people will continue to refer to the SDF as Kurds, and when they get bombed by Russia, whether it was a (mainly) arab militia or (predominantly) Kurd militia getting blown up people will refer to it as "Kurds getting bombed". Why o why must we persist in this? Because the goal of the SDF is a Kurdish State, partitioned from Syria. That's as simple as it gets.
Also ludicrous is the suggestion from a special poster than somehow the SDF (Kurds) are forced to do or "put up" with American machinations and ploys. NO ONE forces anyone to do anything there. These groups and militias fall in line because they rationalize that falling in line ultimately serves their interest the best. Also, pretty simple. The YPG could decouple from the SDF tomorrow if the YPG leadership wanted to and ditch the Americans (come to agreements with Russia/Assad)... BUT THEY WON'T. Not as things stand right now.......they get air cover from the U.S, military advisors and special ops units, further their agenda, get weapons, money, food, territory --- things are good. Maybe hundreds of casualties at the hands of the Turks/Assad/Russia etc... will force their hand eventually aka a forced marriage split or even perhaps, the U.S ditching them cold if the stakes get too high --- make no mistake, both are in cahoots with each other, neck deep.