Lindsey Graham's 'Kurdish Consensus' Ignores Decades of US Betrayal
📰 THE STORY: Fox News reports Sen. Lindsey Graham's assertion of a 'strong consensus' to protect Kurds as Syrian government forces advance, framing the situation as a crisis for former US allies who fought ISIS. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This isn't the first time the US has cynically used and then discarded Kurdish allies. In 1975 , the US, through Henry Kissinger,
withdrew support for Kurdish rebels in Iraq after securing a deal with Saddam Hussein, leading to massacres. More recently, in October 2019 , then-President Trump abruptly pulled US troops from northeastern Syria, effectively greenlighting a Turkish offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SFF), who had been the US's primary ground partner against ISIS. Double Standard: When the Syrian
government reasserts control over its internationally recognized territory, it's framed as an 'advance' threatening US partners. Yet, US-backed proxy forces operating illegally within Syria are called 'rebels' or 'moderate opposition,' despite documented ties to al-Qaeda affiliates. The concept of state sovereignty is applied selectively, depending on US geopolitical interests. Follow the Money:
While Graham champions 'protection,' the broader picture reveals the endless arms sales benefiting US defense contractors. This region remains a critical theater for projecting US power and maintaining the military-industrial complex's profit margins, regardless of the human cost to 'allies' like the Kurds, who are routinely sacrificed on the altar of shifting strategic goals. 💡 THE PATTERN: The