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> Like the Kurds they have a bit more get up and go about them. The idea that "Kurds"[0] are somehow more motivated or more trustworthy is literally just racis
by stevenjohns 7y ago
> Like the Kurds they have a bit more get up and go about them.
The idea that "Kurds"[0] are somehow more motivated or more trustworthy is literally just racist State-sponsored propaganda that has been used and abused by all sides, including from other Kurds, for various reasons over the last 150 years.
Rather than picking and choosing arbitrary, loosely aligned militias to control regions, the US needs to take a more holistic view towards the region and stop participating in the Saudi-Iranian proxy war if it wants to resolve the situation.
[0] I'm putting the word in quotation marks because they are a group of 40 million people with differing religions, alliances, identities, political views and geographical locations around the world
- wtdata 7y ago> The idea that "Kurds"[0] are somehow more motivated or more trustworthy is literally just racist State-sponsored propaganda. Kurds aren't a race. Giving special credit to a group of people because of their different culture (even agreeing with you that in this case it seems propaganda), is not necessarily racist.
- krageon 7y agoThey are a distinct ethnic group, which we usually call a race. Seeing as race is a fundamentally arbitrary distinction, I don't see why using it in this way can be called wrong.
- stevenjohns 7y agoThey are most definitely an ethnic group. That's not under dispute by anyone, so I'm not sure why you're racing it as a concern. > because of their different culture Which culture is that exactly? If you're going to say things like feminist views, or bravery, then I'm afraid that's all racist propaganda. I'm stressing the racism angle here because this fabricated glorification wasn't even created to prop them up, but rather to bring down the other various ethnic groups around them.