The Kurds

The Kurds are an unlucky people, they bore the brunt of of Saddam Hussain's brutality in Iraq and have been a thorn in the side of the Turkish Government as the Kurds struggles for their own homeland on land part of which is claimed by Turkey. As ISIS stream up to the gates of the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobani only the Kurds can save it and the Turks won't let them in.
The tragedy of politics is that everything, even humanity to ones fellow man is clouded by the self-interest of the international agenda. The President of Turkey is determined to sit tight within sight of the besieged city as the Jihad monsters put the population to death.
How can The World Politic behave in this way but of course all nations throughout history have erred on the side of self interest and the sight of some collateral damage, as the Great Benefactor (the USA), has coined the phrase, is part of the price we have to pay.
Today our local constabulary have come down hard on some Kurdish protesters protesting outside the Houses of Parliament, they were particularly heavy handed and one has to wonder if Mr Cameron hasn't had a word with Mr Erdogen, (the Turkish PM), about a deal, after the blood has been washed away.