Ofra Bengio: The Kurds‘ Proxy Trap – Will the Kurds’ proxy fight against ISIS work against their national aspirations in the long run? | The American Interest

Ofra Bengio: The Kurds‘ Proxy Trap – Will the Kurds’ proxy fight against ISIS work against their national aspirations in the long run? | The American Interest

Since 2013 President Barack Obama has been repeating the mantra that there would be no American boots on the ground in Syria, explaining, “We are going to have to find effective partners on the ground to push back against ISIL.” No doubt, the Kurds have proved to be effective fighters both in Iraq and Syria, but the crucial question is whether they are really partners or mere tools in a proxy war, to be summarily dispensed with when the war is over.