U.S. Media Champions Kurdish Artists While Funding Their Turkish Oppressors
Al-Monitor's report celebrates Kurdish artists in northeast Syria using music and dance to defy 'ISIS mentality.' A noble endeavor, no doubt. But the silence about how NATO ally Turkey—a nation receiving billions in U.S. military aid and F-16 sales—considers these same Kurds 'terrorists' and actively bombs their regions is deafening. This isn't just about ISIS anymore; it's about Erdoğan's forces,
which the U.S. continues to supply. We laud Kurdish self-expression with one hand while the other signs off on enabling the very states that threaten their existence. It's a neat trick: commend the victims' resilience, ignore the hand that feeds their persecutors. One wonders how much 'artistic defiance' will be needed when U.S.-supplied weaponry is used to silence it.