Gary Kent argue that American intervention remains a vital lifeline for those facing tyranny. From the survival of Kurdistan to the burgeoning revolution in Iran, the “armchair anti-imperialists” ignore a harsh reality: for many oppressed peoples, Western agency is the difference between a future of freedom and a descent into chaos.
The House of Commons will discuss UK relations with the Kurdistan Region in a 90 minute debate on today led by Conservative MP Jason McCartney, who served as an RAF officer policing John Major’s no-fly zone in the 1990s. It saved the Kurds from extinction at the hands of Saddam Hussein. No wonder that they are deeply pro-British and that the no-fly zone and the later liberation of Iraq in 2003 have eroded critical memories of British involvement in Kurdistan …
OK – it’s been a long march but after hundreds of years of struggle there’s a shining light at the end of the tunnel: 1) The good guys have taken over Syrian Kurdistan.. (Economist) 2) The Iraqi Kurds have finally got some firepower..(Wiki) 3) The Iranian Kurdish resistance is vibrant (Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan) 4) Turkey’s hypocrisy really can’t last. (Hurriyet Daily News) These guys never give up… DewiWelsh Nationalist. Rugby Fan. Know a bit about History and Railways…
