[ScottinVA]

From the start, the only truly dependable allies we had in Iraq were the Kurds... they’re the only fighting group worth its salt. Give them air cover and arm them to the teeth, and they’ll do the rest.

And piss on Turkey if they take offense to it.

[mac_truck]

From the start, the only truly dependable allies we had in Iraq were the Kurds... they’re the only fighting group worth its salt. Give them air cover and arm them to the teeth, and they’ll do the rest. And piss on Turkey if they take offense to it.

Turkey may becoming more receptive to the concept of having a Kurdish buffer zone between it and the Jihadi extremists.

[Zhang Fei]

they’re the only fighting group worth its salt.

They're still pretty half-assed. Note that the soldiers photographed in combat weren't wearing their helmets. I believe it was Michael Yon who said that Iraqis thought GI's had space age compact air conditioning units installed somewhere inside their uniforms because they wore their helmets all the time and carried so much gear while on patrol during sweltering weather conditions. Iraqi soldiers generally shirked at every opportunity, in terms of wearing protective gear and carrying the full complement of combat gear, despite, in theory, being acclimated from an early age to the local weather.

[EricT.]

From the start, the only truly dependable allies we had in Iraq were the Kurds... they’re the only fighting group worth its salt. Give them air cover and arm them to the teeth, and they’ll do the rest.

And piss on Turkey if they take offense to it.

What he said ^^^^^.

[no-to-illegals]

Dittos ... and am in agreement with those thinking Turkey might prefer the Kurds over isis.