Comments by "Ben B." (@benb.9235) on "Rebels launch offensive in Raqqa against SDF [24 January 2025]" video.

Realities beat ideologies. There is no difference between N. Cyprus and Kosovo, Palestine or Taiwan. Especially Taiwan exists since decades very well, even it is officially not recognized by anyone. Only 1 baltic state has recognized it just a few years ago.
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To let others from far away do what they want?
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High-tech. Made in USA. But low tech in mind.
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He is not kurdish, he is american.
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Nationalist!
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Facist!
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They "let take" means they give away. Are you mad? There is the last oil field in kurdish hand. Kobani is de facto already lost. What is after Rakka left? Only Haseki & Kamishli and the useless desert.
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@mappingshaman5280 What happened to the Turkish Ottomans in Syria, also native after 700 years? Genocide?
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10%. Even in the few "traditionally kurdish cities" in kurdish controlled areas max. 50%. But owner of the most weapens (by USA) in North Syria.
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@Robbiehans 92% ?😁Why not 102% ?😁The SDF used the power gap to occupy 1/3 of Syria. The militant Kurds and not Asad, were the reason, why millions of non -kurdish Syrians in North Syria run away as refugees into Turkey. After coming back, in Afrin will be again less than 20% Kurds.
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@stefanos7170 Cyprus is not a greek island, you oversee again the turkish population. Your greek nationalist mindset ist the reason why the turkish army will stay on island untill the Greeks change their mindset or the turkish side becomes majority. What is more realistic?
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Noch weniger über Jemen, Sudan, Myanmar, Venezuela,...
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@socjolog90 There is no science telling democratic states are better ones. It is just a believe like religion. A hope to be on the good side. Other cultures believe, feel & think different. Think global! By the way, the "progressive" western world is falling back in comparison to others.
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I do not really believe that Saudi-Arabia backs SDF, because it backs already the new syrian governement with actions. If it is not a double game of them, there is a mistake on the map explain.
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@stanchpandora3658 U R Erdogan's strongest enemy
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Is that Hitler on your pic?
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You must read better. The deal on the table was, HTS forgets the crime of SDF, when SDF gives up its weapons and is ready to integrate itself into the new official syrian army. SDF rejected. In consequence the HTS starts preparation to fight.
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I does not depend, what they are. In depends, what you are or what kind of press you are reading.
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In your heart everything is pssible.
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@Mudmuffin The Armenians attacked theirs peacefull turkish neighbors, killed the farmers and burned fields in hope, a hungry population would result in a revolution weakening the Ottoman Empire. To avoid that they could come together with russian enemy, they were - instead of killing - transported away from the russian war front to the south. 95% did not die by shootings or whatever. They just died because there was no food left on the route after field burnings. The rest what arrived in Syria, were directly killed by the Kurds there, because they did not accept their new neighbors in "kurdish area". Naming genocide is just christian propaganda in name of christian Armenians. It was a kind of self defense of Ottomans & a kind of suicide of Armenians. When I run as civilian aggressively with a gun in my hand to a Police man and he shoots me down, then he would be not called murder. Same, when my familiy would do it to a group of Police men. Same, when the whole popoulation of a city would do in front of a military brigade. Same, when a million tries it against an empire army. By the way, are Hiroshima & Nagasaki (only civilians) called genocide? Why not? Because the americans are christians and the Japanese not?? Always these double standards of islamophobic western guys.
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The Kurds does not feel syrian, otherweise they would be proud to be a part of Syria. The SDF does not accept the syrian governement and especially not the borders of Syria. In other words, they are are enemy of the Syrian Republic.
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@mappingshaman5280 Who has not occupied his land once? Anyone who got it for free or bought it peacefully? If you go deep and deeper back in history, the whole planet was owned by different Homo sapiens hunter goups untill some others with common identity came and kill them to take their hunting land. After 300 or 400 years it becomes native. Or should be. You cannot turn back all.
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@Robbiehans Are you kidding? 2018 most of non-kurdish habitants had left after militant kurdish groups took control. Look to statistics before 2011 ! And Kamisli is a turkish name, so it is a turkish town has to given back to Turks, even the majority is kurdish now. Right?? Even my toe nail understands more than you in total.
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@Robbiehans Kurds even have no own language. They speak persian, because they came originally from Persia. Go back to Iran and be happy in your homeland.
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@Robbiehans Turks came back to their original homeland in Mesopotania from a 5000 years long asian sightseeing-tour, caused by external pressure. Round about 350 AD turkic Huns came back already, but I do not know, why they had to leave again.
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@Robbiehans Centuries in bronze and stone age, who cares. 1000 years of history are enough for me. Everything older is not 100% evident, nobody knows what happened really and why.
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@Robbiehans Feel free. I have no secrets. You even may visit me. Who knows Hans, maybe you live close to me.
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@Robbiehans I know. Assyrians told me that Kurds chased them away. So Kurdistan should be called Assyristan.
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They told me that they were pushed away by Kurds. Actually I remember an Assyrian Kingdom between Anatolia & deserts in deep history times, but never ever seen a kurdish Kingdom on maps. When you may claim, reasoned by oldest history there, then it seems to be time to develope first the rebirth of Assyria - and Kurds have to wait 500 years longer.
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@mappingshaman5280 Nope. Only as vasalls & proxies. Nothing has changed.
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@Robbiehans No idea, I just repeat. I also do not know, who has deleted them from maps finally. How I said, in my opinion, nice to know maybe, but no relevance to our times. I say the same to Greeks. Even some of them claim Anatolia & Mesopotnai because of 1 (!) century by Macedonian (!) Alexander - 23 (!) centuries ago. Mad! In claiming everybody becomes suddenly creative.
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@Robbiehans I am hobby expert about all what happened in middle east the last 1000y and partly professionell expert of Balkan/Anatolia/Caucasus in newer history (100y), policy and economy. Worked once 10y as Consultant for global companies or sometimes for ministers as support for theirs forecasts & decisions in policy or in pre-investment situations like pipeline projects. I did not want to discuss kurdish history, not here. It is not a place for that. Our starting point was "Who can claim land there, and why?" It was not me, who argued with history. All the time I just have tried to explain, what counts today and in closer future for politic power & maps, and what is just historic romance. Be 100% sure, there is no 1 president worldwide, who cares what happened 50y ago and what will happen 50y in future. In real life, there is no space for historic dreams, long term visions and fantasies. Its not my opinion, it is more what I have seen and learned painfully in a long life.
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@Robbiehans I told my opinion: The last 1000y. maximum. Everything, what is older, is not really clear, not really evident and does not really influence current days anymore. 1000y...so long time, so many happened. How YOU said, at least 1/3 of Turks are not really ethnic Turks and 95% does not even know it. What kind of identity or proud they can be, for things happened 1000y ago? Did you make a DNA-Test? Why not? Not curious? Are you really kurdish? And how much percent? 100%, 50 or maybe less than 10%? How you can know, what who of your family did with who 1000y ago? Real story: The grandfather of my grandfather got once from the Sultan huge land around Latakia with tens of Km`s with fruit trees seaside, what my family was keeping untill Asad Senior took it payless away to cut all trees and expand the city. But nobody in family knows, why he got that land and why there, so far away. Did he originally come maybe from Suriya? My father did not visit Latakia anymore. Now, there are even no documents existing anymore. And the younger generation like me even do not know exactly with borders, where it is - to claim it. Who knows, maybe somebody of your family or friends lives on land, what should be mine, but never will be, while I was never in my life owner of a small house with garden. What is for me left? Only a kind of romantic emotion that my family was once in last century owner of the land, where today half of Latakia is build and a lot of people were killed to get control about it.
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@Robbiehans I am sure you understood, even you did not want to. If I go to Latakia to claim the half, they would laugh. If i claim it with violence, I will be shot as a terrorist. Same for the Kurds. Forget romantic history or dreams, look forward in reality, otherwise nobody will be more unhappy than you. Fighting for childish dreams is a kind of suicid. But you are not only responsible for your own life. There are millions of Kurds, the majority just want to live and work in peace in reality.
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@Robbiehans If you are proud about your older history 1000y before, that shows only, that you have no achievements the last 1000y to be proud. That is poor. I do not mock, I just say that nobody cares, what maybe (!) happened or not. Go out of your selfmade bubble. You even do not know ( if all is true) is it really your history or not. Try to be proud for your own private achievements, what you have done, instead hiding yourself behind others (in family, city, nation, religion, football club, whatever), where you see a link to yourself. It just give you only a good feeling wihout hard work at the moment, but even that is not real.
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@Robbiehans If you really stuck so much in pre middle age times, your place is in Iran, where you stay closer to your roots, is not it?
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@Robbiehans Kurds are not the first humans there! Since when you are native there, after how many years you become native? After 500, 1000y? Or only after 2000y, but pls not much older, so that only Kurds can claim to be native there? Discuss your view with Armenians,😅 who claim heavily your "kurdish Anatolia" as "Historical Armenian heartland". There are armenian football clubs called "Anatolia". What you call east Anatolia or north Kurdistan, they call it west Armenia how Arabs call it North Arabia. You have no more claims than all others, (have been) living there. Turks are open, everybody who wants to live in peace together with them and works hard, is welcome. Every ethnic non-Turk could & can achieve everything like Turks in Türkiye. Look to Hakan Fidan. I am a fan of him, would like to see him as President instead of Erdogan (this georgian guy😅). The others should go better to their real historical homeland, my historical friend. With wrong mindset, they have maybe a history, but no future. In worst case, history will repeat... when you discuss your theory of kurdish homeland with Armenians, they will tell you, what can happen.
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