Kurds´ choices: heed history or the US?
(WorldNews Turkey)

Who controls Syria´s borders? The US and Israel are encouraging Syrian Kurds to fight the regime and its allies for border control. The ensuing mayhem might unravel the Mideast and far beyond. Syria is perceived by the West and by many in the Middle East - particularly the Gulf States and Israel - as the enabler of Iran´s Shi´a Crescent , i.e., the extension of Tehran´s influence and the promotion of its Shi´a revolutionary ideology into Sunni Mideast . Before the onset of Syria´s civil war , the regime resisted Saudi, Qatari, Turkish and American `sticks and carrots´ and refused to sever it`s strategic connections with Iran . Once fighting started in earnest, the regime vowed to maintain...