This view of the Kurdish people makes a lot of sense to me given that I've followed events their since articles started appearing in various alternative sites about the progressive nature of the Syrian Kurds. I congratulate Andrei Raevsky, also known as The Saker, for posting this and many other insightful articles on his website.
I have time and again argued that Kurds are very poorly understood both outside as well as inside the community itself. There are some facts about the Kurds that need to be addressed. 1- The Kurdish language is divided into several dialects that are not mutually intelligible. 2- All Kurds do not share the same religion, while many are Sunni Muslim, a sizeable minority are Shias, Yezidi, Alevi, Christians and even Jews. 3- All Kurds do not share the same ideology and dream of statehood. There are many Kurdish parties that seek different goals, depending on ideology, geographical location and history. The third point is very much relevant here (I will touch briefly on the first two points as well). So far, Kurds have been presented in the West (and by themselves) as an ideologically homogenous people who seek the same goal in all four countries that they dwell in.
...Kurds have been very passionate about their ideologies, so much that they have engaged in several civil wars and internal conflicts over political differences.
