Monday, November 24, 2014

WHICH COUNTRIES ARE ASSISTING THE KURDS?

Submitted by: Donald Hank

Quite honestly, it looks like almost everyone is helping the Kurds these days, with a few exceptions such as Japan, China and of course, Saudi Arabia, the source of most of this trouble in the first place.
This is good news because it signals a change in Western policy toward the Kurds. In the past, the West had obsequiously followed the Saudi lead. The Sunni Saudis had given the most generously to terror throughout the Middle East for decades, initially via government channels but later via private donations. Either way, people get just as dead. The major terror groups were mostly Sunni you see. (This thing is not very hard to figure out if you know how to use Google).  It looks like the terror is just so naked and blatant that the Western oligarchs have given up fighting public opinion and are reluctantly abandoning their commitment to give Saudi Arabia their way and also seem to have told John McCain to stop consorting with 'moderates,' all of whom happen to be Sunnis who sooner or later abscond with our money and weapons and join El Qaeda or ISIS.

This is a small victory and we can all be glad of it.
In addition, there are Europeans, incl mostly UK citizens, either in the Middle East or headed there to fight ISIS. Cameron has conceded that this is not necessarily unlawful but could well be. It all depends on what the media tell the courageous leader.
Here is a brief summary of who is helping and/or may help in the future. If I were an ISIS member, I would have a white hanky and a long stick handy just in case.
Don Hank

West arming Kurds
US

France

China upgrades ties to Kurdistan


Berlin (in German)

Italy will arm Kurds (in Italian)

Holland sends arms to Kurds (in Dutch)

Spain is also helping (in Spanish):

I found no reports of Russia getting involved, although one Russian site mentioned discussions of a Russian-Western alliance to fight ISIS. This Russian-language site discloses how the Iranians are helping the Kurds:

Israel’s ties to Kurds:

 

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