Think back. Way back. To WWI. Ottoman Empire- dismantled. Armenian genocide. Kurds promised their own autonomous land. Didn't happen. Didn't happen again after WWII. We pretty much left the Kurds in limbo- part of their native lands in Iraq, part in Turkey. Turkey and Iraq leadership both not fans of the Kurds (you know, hence the nerve gas by Sadam and multiple killings over the years by the Turks).
It just makes one ponder- how are we so dumbfounded by these militant groups when many times we've cultivated this hate? Of course, I'm not excusing violent behavior. But I think the West needs to realize that we have played a role in the misery of others for a long time.
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