Building a dream

[airiefairie]

While the main question about Iraq and Syria is how to defeat the Islamic State, a miracle is being built in North Iraq, in the territories controlled by the Kurdish militia, the so called Peshmerga ("the men facing death"). The Kurds have slowly been pushing the jihadists away with arms from the US and EU, and taking control of the abandoned and

Comments

[dreamville_bg]

Good for the Kurds. If only they weren't so besieged from all sides by foes both open and covert, and friends both fake and meek.

[abomvubuso]

Anyone in their predicament tends to get the feeling they're being used as cannon fodder at some point, don't they.

[ddstory]

I'm afraid such a mini-paradise cannot be sustained if you're in the middle of a cesspool like the Middle East.