Kurds — Good Guys in a Bad Neighborhood

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Aug 12 by Steve Weintz - war-is-boring

Wherein I ask Robert Caruso about the crisis in Iraq

With American jets and drones flying top cover, Kurdish Peshmerga forces have launched counter-attacks aimed at retaking territory they lost to Islamic State militants in northern Iraq in June, July and August.

I spoke with Robert Caruso—a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst who has worked in the Pentagon, with the Army and at the State Department—about the Kurds’ future, American strategy and Iranian schemes.

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