Shame on America! Part II

Eight days ago I wrote:  “A Special Forces soldier in Syria says he is ashamed, as he and his fellow soldiers “stand down” at the order of their Commander-in-Chief and watch their comrades in arms (Kurds) being attacked.  I’m ashamed because the “green light” was given for this situation by the United States of America.  This “stand down” permits Turkey to do something it has long wanted to do—get rid of the Kurds.  Anyone with any historical insight knows this has been a long-standing objective of Turkey.  The conflict between Turkey and the Kurdish people goes all the way back to the Ottoman Empire, but it escalated in 1978 and has continued to the present time.  

It is true that the Kurds were not with us at Normandy—but they have been with us in Syria as allies for the past five years, losing over 11,000 of their own in the fight against Isis.  To desert them, to leave them at the mercy of Turkey, is despicable.

If Turkey’s incursion into Syria should become an “ethnic cleansing” of the Kurdish people, we, America, will have that blood on our hands.”

Today, eight days later, a “pause” is supposedly in effect along the Syrian/Turkish border. Touted as a victory by a few, it really is a disaster, and we, America, have blood on our hands.  That’s quite a graphic sentence—I know—but it is true.  160,000 Kurds are displaced at this point; 70,000 are children.  Over 200-plus have been killed.  And today….THIS….

"Well known Kurdish journalist and TV presenter Amanj Bibani was assassinated on Wednesday evening in Sulaymaniyah.  Babani was working with NRT news channel, which has confirmed his death after reports from police and medical sources. He was accompanied by his wife and only son, also shot dead."

Mitt Romney has it right:  "The decision to abandon th Kurds violates one of our most sacred duties.  It strikes at American honor.  What we have done to the Kurds will stand as a blood stain in the annals of American history."