Charlie Brownistan

Jonathan at Tiny Revolution wonders if the Kurds understand yet that betraying them is an American pastime with a long history:

I hate to make jokes about this, because Kurds have had, to put it mildly, a hard time of it. But...

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO BETRAY THE KURDS BEFORE THEY GET IT?

By my count, we're now working on our sixth betrayal of the Kurds since World War I. Yet they keep coming back for more. The Kurds have really become the Charlie Brown of international relations, always believing that Lucy, in the form of the US, is finally going to let them kick the football.