Obama has thrown another ally under the bus – the Kurds.

I found the blog entry below about the Kurds, Turkey, ISIS and the USA written in April of 2015 that was never published in my blog. I am copying it in this entry because it is now late July 2015 and the story of the Kurds, Turkey, ISIS and the USA has taken a bizarre turn that defies reality.

Obama has thrown another ally under the bus – the Kurds.

07/27/2015: When the USA was in Iraq, the only domestic military entity that they could rely on to perform was the Kurds of northern Iraq. The Kurds secured the northern oilfields in their sector from invasion by ISIS and provided a safe haven for Westerners including the military, reporters and aid workers. There was nowhere else in Iraq that had this level of security.

A few days ago, there was an announcement that Turkey, who had allowed ISIS fighters to flow unimpeded form Turkey into Syria, was going to allow the US military to stage aerial raids against ISIS on the Turkish borders and the Turkish air force would assist. It turns out that the Turkish air force is bombing the PKK Kurdish rebels fighting ISIS because of a longstanding conflict with this minority on their border. It must be noted that a ceasefire was holding with the PKK until the Turks allowed ISIS fighters into Syria – fighters who were turning around and fighting the Kurds. Meanwhile, the USA is not only turning a blind eye to this atrocity, but is complicate in this crime against humanity by partnering with the Turks while this massacre proceeds.

Obama threw Egypt under Mubarak under the bus for the Muslim Brotherhood, he threw the Syrian people under the bus with his fake “red line” for Assad, he threw Israel under Netanyahu under the bus for Iran, and now he is throwing the Kurds under the bus for Turkey. When will this disjointed wreck of a foreign policy end, and how on earth will our next President deal with Obama’s scorched earth policy vs.-a-vies our traditional allies?

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Written 04/2015

Between the time I write this letter and the time it is published, over 20,000 Kurds will be slaughtered in Syria by ISIL.  President Obama claims he wants to “degrade and destroy” this pernicious, evil entity, but he has refused to allow our air force to overfly Syria where ISIL finds safe haven and a population to exploit. Turkey, which shares a border with the Kurdish area of Syria, has fought a long border war with the Syrian Kurdish militia called PKK. The Turks have a massive military presence overlooking this massacre and they seem to be enjoying every minute of it.

The Kurds want an independent country, and there is no question that their claims are more deserving and legitimate than the Palestinians. They Kurds are a separate ethnic group distinct from the all the other people of the Mideast and total over 30 million throughout Iraq, Syria Turkey and Iran in a four border region known as Kurdistan. Unlike the Palestinians, they have a distinct language, culture, DNA, foods, customs – and for the most part they are intelligent, trustworthy people who are not religiously radicalized. They have shown a propensity to embrace Western culture, economics and education. They were our most trusted allies when the USA was in Iraq - and we have totally abandoned them.

Turkey, on the other hand, did not allow US military access to Iraq through Turkey, even though Turkey is a NATO member bordering Iraq. Turkey has refused to join the Obama led coalition against ISIL and in fact has allowed the unfettered flow of ISIL recruits from Turkey to Syria. Turkish smugglers are also the main financiers of ISIL with their unlimited purchases of ISIL oil at $20-$30 a barrel. Even VP Biden admitted this in a speech at Harvard last week. Why does President Obama stand behind Turkey and even provide diplomatic cover? There is only one viable explanation: Turkey is the main benefactor of the Muslim Brotherhood (along with Qatar) and it is well known that POTUS Obama has strongly supported the exiled MB ever since they were thrown out of office in Egypt.

When the history books are written, I have no doubt that the Obama presidency will go down as the biggest failure in US history.  It will take decades before the USA will be trusted again. It is ironic that Obama, who stood in Cairo in 2009 and championed human rights to the entire world in the grandest of gestures, is the proud owner of Nobel peace prize dripping with blood.