Hi Kaz
as I understand it the vast majority of kurds are sunni muslim. Hence the common thread between ISIS and PKK. Alongside the US support and funding.
Also there are a number of Islamist Kurdish groups- they too have been active in Syria. They are more akin to Wahhabist/Saudi Arabia.
I’ve no doubt the PKK would kill clerics in South East Turkey not just to weaken the religious mindset but also to break these individuals away from family and community. In order to fill their minds with an entirely different ideology

There is no Sunni Muslim PKK. They are atheists. They have been killing clerics in South east turkey for a long time to weaken the religious mindset from the people so they are can be more easily recruited into the PKK.

thank you Brian!

“Europe already perceives the US as a declining power with an erratic and hypocritical foreign policy “vision” premised upon the desperate need to preserve “American leadership”

I’m just not 100 percent convinced Europe has that view, yet.

Hey Kaz
Read the article- it’s speculative at best.

To my mind and based on so much information at my big tech censored blog- I long concluded there is no practical difference between the PKK and ISIS- In my commentary I mentioned the presence of ISIS

“As well as some Sunni Arabs as they are most often allied with Sunni Muslim PKK.’
KurdIShIS- is one entity to my mind, the collusion between sunni muslim arabs and sunni muslim kurds (not all, of course) has been shown time and time again.

Contrary to Washington’s triumphalist pronouncements, Russia is winning the war, Ukraine has lost the war. Any longer-term damage to Russia is open to debate.
American sanctions against Russia have turned out to be far more devastating to Europe than to Russia. The global economy has slowed and many developing nations face serious food shortages and risk of broad starvation.

There are already deep cracks in the European façade of so-called “NATO unity.” Western Europe will increasingly rue the day that it blindly followed the American Pied Piper to war against Russia. Indeed, this is not a Ukrainian-Russian war but an American-Russian war fought by proxy to the last Ukrainian.

Contrary to optimistic declarations, NATO may in fact ultimately emerge weakened. Western Europeans will think long and hard about the wisdom and deep costs of provoking deeper long term confrontations with Russia or other “competitors”of the US.

Europe will sooner or later return to the purchase of inexpensive Russian energy. Russia lies on the doorstep and a natural economic relationship with Russia will possess overwhelming logic in the end.

Europe already perceives the US as a declining power with an erratic and hypocritical foreign policy “vision” premised upon the desperate need to preserve “American leadership” in the world. America’s willingness to go to war to this end is increasingly dangerous to others.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/06/ukraine-sitrep-lysichansk-cauldron-sinking-morale-more-provocations.html#more

It should not be the PKK. Isis is more likely. As far as I know the PKK supports Russia.

https://www.trtworld.com/europe/ypg-pkk-terror-group-reportedly-fighting-alongside-russia-in-ukraine-55642

Hey GC:
some may wonder why I used this info- given the language barrier
The site I linked to has been quite good with info provided thus far
Also, I’ve seen multiple news reports about Canadians who’ve gone to fight in Ukraine. Ya, know cause it’s the ‘right thing’ to do.
Then there is the history between Canada and the unsavoury segments of Ukraine-