Kurds in the Middle East have been betrayed yet again by the big powers. Turkey and the U.S. use the Kurds in Syria , Turkey and Iraq for their own advantage. Kurds in Syria and Turkey are facing the prospect of the creation of a safe zone in their region, which will act as a front for refugees fleeing Syria, but in reality it will be an Islamic enclave in their midst, created by Turkey and her allies, which should put an end to Kurdish dreams of nationhood. Russia Insider reports: Kurds Shafted Once Again as Erdogan Plays Obama Like a Fiddle Erdogan Is No Lunatic, In Fact He Is a Very Clever Man These days Turkey’s Erdogan often tends to be discounted as a “lunatic” and a “loose cannon” but it’s not a characterization I buy at all. Consider that for the longest time his reign in Turkey was associated with a growing economy, peace with the Kurds and a favorable western opinion which glossed over his Islamist ideology and authoritarian tendencies. Far from being a maniac he in fact proved himself to be a skilled politician and a good reader of realities around him. His present disastrous position stems from one fateful, [...]