An ally? They are a neighborhood in the nation of Iraq. Unless we are gonna now carve up Iraq into nations and start a whole new war.
This is the result of W’s dim bulb neocon crap. He had to remove Saddam who had no involvement in 9/11. So who exactly did they think might take over in a country that is 60% Shia?
Idiots. It’s time to walk away, be energy independent, and not let any of them into the country. Whether the Kurds have a nation isn’t worth an American life or dollar.
The borders there are unrealistic and artificial anyway. They deliberately divided national groups such as the Kurds. It was the work of the great progressive hero Woodrow Wilson and his buddy Colonel House.
The Kurdish forces have fought on our side since this thing began. They provide safe harbor to Christians and Yazidis and others. And they are the one fighting force capable of holding the Murdering Mullahs at bay.
Remember, we just declared the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization (and rightly so.) Why not support the one group that is pro-Western (for the most part) and harbors those who are being persecuted by the jihadists?
I’m against most interventions. We may need to be involved, at lest as a supplier, here.