Female fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) stand at attention at a military camp in Ras a-Ain January 30, 2015. Picture taken January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Rodi Said
The raw Sunni recruits in crisp camouflage uniforms, popping off rounds at the firing range at a U.S. training camp here, illustrate the dilemma for the United States as it seeks to form a strong military force to drive the Islamic State from its capital, Raqqah.
The United States could try to build the Sunni army it would want, ideally, to capture Raqqah, a Sunni city. But that might take years. Or it can go with the army it has, which is dominated by the tough, experienced Kurdish fighters from the YPG militia. They’re anathema to Turkey, to the north, and to the official Syrian political opposition. But the rampaging Syrian Kurds get the job done.
The United States is trying to do some of both, by building a new opposition coalition under the makeshift banner of the “Syrian Democratic Forces,” or SDF, which integrates Sunnis, Christians, Turkmen and other inexperienced fighters with the larger, powerhouse that is the YPG. That’s not ideal politically but it makes military sense.
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WNU Editor: You go to war with the resources AND people that you have. The Kurds fight .... the Iraqi army flees .... not much to figure out where you should then put your resources and efforts.
2 comments:
"The equality of male-female sacrifice, proclaimed on billboards in Kurdish regions, is a breath of fresh air in a Middle East where women’s rights are suppressed. "
“We found that the YPG is the only force that can liberate us,”
And they are all radical socialist.
And the political formation get the same weight as the military.
They fight 40 years against who want to destroy Kurds.
U.S. cannot use them as their pleasure.
Some of the people saved by Syrian Kurds start to share their vision.
What are the chances or how fast will the IA take Fallujah?
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