Betraying the Kurds

The way the Kurds are treated by America is a perfect example of the weaponization of nationalist and sectarian movements: use them when it fits your goals, abandon them when it doesn’t.

Trump’s greenlight to Turkey to go ahead and exterminate the Kurds in Syria is despicable — a betrayal of perhaps the only good thing that’s come out of this horrible war. But it’s also a perfect example of how nationalist and sectarian movements can be weaponized in the interests of empire. You back them when it suits your interests and throw them to …