In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop.
While the U.S. and Iraqi militaries
struggle to aid the starving members of Iraq's Yazidi minority with
supply drops from the air, the Syrian Kurds took it on themselves to
rescue them. The move underlined how they - like Iraqi Kurds - are using
the region's conflicts to establish their own rule.
For the past few days, fighters have been
rescuing Yazidis from the mountain, transporting them into Syrian
territory to give them first aid, food and water, and returning some to
Iraq via a pontoon bridge.
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So the Kurds have been fighting basically everyone around them for centuries and holding their own. Saddam gases them and they say " That all you got" Imagine what they could do if we gave them better weapons and coms and such. Maybe drop in the 101st and 82nd just for fun and to call in air support. Then we tell the Kurdish folks If you want a country go take it we got your back.
ReplyDeleteAnd that would become known as the Great Muslim Ass Beating of 2014
And that would become known as the Great Muslim Ass Beating of 2014
DeleteNow, I'll vote for that!