Mayo lad out fighting with the Kurds

voz es · 27-06-2017 07:22PM #1

I found this interesting, fair play to him for following his conviction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_39GTZJKyxA&feature=youtu.be

http://www.mayonews.ie/news/30287-achill-man-joins-syrian-fight-against-isis

irishgeo · 27-06-2017 10:05PM

i know this lad. has strong opinions. was heavily involved in shell to sea protests.

he had disappeared off the radar for a while so i was wondering he had gotten too.

Coillte_Bhoy · 27-06-2017 10:47PM

Fair play to him

the_syco · 28-06-2017 01:56AM

An article about people joining the Kurds; http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/american-anarchists-ypg-kurdish-militia-syria-isis-islamic-state-w466069

Kristopherus · 28-06-2017 09:05PM

He'd better hope the Turks don't get their hands on him.

godskitchen · 29-06-2017 09:29AM

Kristopherus wrote: »

He'd better hope the Turks don't get their hands on him.

I hope for his sake that doesn't happen. It's a long way from dodging gards wooden sticks in North Mayo.

Fair play to the guy, takes a lot of balls to stand by what you believe in and potentially pay the ultimate cost. The Irish (seemingly a lot come from Mayo) have a long history of getting involved in other people wars/struggles, I'm happy to see that tradition alive and well.

03-07-2017 10:37AM

I know this lad as well sound bloke, I wish him well.

biko · 14-07-2017 04:26PM

Aye, there is a bunch over there joined with the YPG. Taking crap from both IS and Turks can't be fun.
I wish them well and safe home one day.

mad muffin · 14-07-2017 04:49PM

They're to polite to tell him he's wearing a women's blouse on his head :pac:

tomwaterford · 14-07-2017 04:55PM

Fair fcuks,

The Kurds are unbelievablely brave....fairless and when noone else would stand up and begin the fight Vs isis

seachto7 · 14-07-2017 04:56PM

Came across another lad, a NI loyalist, out fighting with them. Fair play to them all, but I'd say it's like the French foreign legion out there!

The Kurds will get shafted either way.

suicide_circus · 14-07-2017 04:57PM

Fair play tbh

Braver man than I

El_Duderino 09 · 14-07-2017 05:00PM

Are the Kurds considered good lads? Whats good about them? I take it that most people support their claim to an independent Kurdistan. Are their methods pure and would you be happy to put your name behind them as a group?

seachto7 · 14-07-2017 05:05PM

Why shouldn't they have a "Kurdistan"?

BrokenArrows · 14-07-2017 05:06PM

What training does he have and how does he communicate with the locals?

Richard Hillman · 14-07-2017 05:12PM

As with the Rolling Stone article, you'll find that there isn't any westerners fighting with the Communist Kurds that do not have mental health issues and chequered past's. Everybody is running away from something.

helimachoptor · 14-07-2017 05:12PM

Yeah fair play to him, but as said above the Kurds will be sacrificed to keep turkey on side eventually.

They have done a lot of fighting with the presumption they'll get some type of their own state but it won't happen

biko · 14-07-2017 05:16PM

With Syria failing fast the Kurds are probably going to go in and grab some territory.
Fair play to them, I hope it happens. They have been fighting every day when everyone else have been twiddling their fat thumbs and made **** promises.

Also YPG use women as front combatants which scares IS ****less as they won't get to heaven if they're killed by a woman

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Ipso · 14-07-2017 05:19PM

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Are the Kurds considered good lads? Whats good about them? I take it that most people support their claim to an independent Kurdistan. Are their methods pure and would you be happy to put your name behind them as a group?

They've been f**ed over a lot in the past so they have that under dog status, Winston Chruchill gassed them back in the day.
Let's say they get their way, it's hard to know if they might be a bit dodgy but if you're picking sides against ISIS (who hopefully should be wiped from the earth soon) it's really a case of least worse.

seachto7 · 14-07-2017 05:22PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

As with the Rolling Stone article, you'll find that there isn't any westerners fighting with the Communist Kurds that do not have mental health issues and chequered past's. Everybody is running away from something.

The loyalist guy I came across, via a Channel 4 vid on July 12th, didn't come across as the most mentally balanced bloke on the planet....

Ipso · 14-07-2017 05:27PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

As with the Rolling Stone article, you'll find that there isn't any westerners fighting with the Communist Kurds that do not have mental health issues and chequered past's. Everybody is running away from something.

Are the Kurds hard core commies, if so I don't see a bright future ahead.

biko · 14-07-2017 05:38PM

I don't see what Richard Hillman claims to see in the Rolling Stone article, but I suppose anyone who wants to help anyone else is a bit nuts. Why would you fight to help someone else.
I think the Irishman in the OP video explains it well, but maybe others don't agree.

Why did people flux into Spain to fight Franco? All mental leftists believing in good and evil.

Are Am Eye · 14-07-2017 05:57PM

Kurdland for the Kurdlish!

Richard Hillman · 14-07-2017 06:10PM

biko wrote: »

I don't see what Richard Hillman claims to see in the Rolling Stone article, but I suppose anyone who wants to help anyone else is a bit nuts. Why would you fight to help someone else.
I think the Irishman in the OP video explains it well, but maybe others don't agree.

Why did people flux into Spain to fight Franco? All mental leftists believing in good and evil.

It has been a while since I read the article but their stories all suggest very troubled pasts. Former drug addicts, deleting parts of their history, big trouble with maintaining relationships etc. There is something troubling them all.

Same with the lads going over to fight for ISIS too. And yes, the Spanish Civil War.

It all sounds romantic but delve into each one of them individually and you'll find there is something behind their cause.

El_Duderino 09 · 14-07-2017 06:11PM

Ipso wrote:

They've been f**ed over a lot in the past so they have that under dog status, Winston Chruchill gassed them back in the day. Let's say they get their way, it's hard to know if they might be a bit dodgy but if you're picking sides against ISIS (who hopefully should be wiped from the earth soon) it's really a case of least worse.

No argument about them being f'ed over in the past. That gives them underdog status but not necessarily good guy status. The Jews have been messed about a bit in history but not many people see them as the good guys.

Agreed that most things in the Middle East are about picking the least worst unfortunately. Hats why I'm never too enthusiastic about picking sides.

Do the Kurdish lads do any of the naughty things ISIS do? How are the Kurdish on human rights? What happens to the inhabitants of an area when he Kurdish forces arrive?

Richard Hillman · 14-07-2017 06:12PM

Ipso wrote: »

Are the Kurds hard core commies, if so I don't see a bright future ahead.

They are indeed. This is why the antifa groups are jizzing themselves over them.

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-07-2017 06:15PM

Brave men knowing that you can never be captured alive

Ipso · 14-07-2017 06:27PM

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

No argument about them being f'ed over in the past. That gives them underdog status but not necessarily good guy status. The Jews have been messed about a bit in history but not many people see them as the good guys.

Agreed that most things in the Middle East are about picking the least worst unfortunately. Hats why I'm never too enthusiastic about picking sides.

Do the Kurdish lads do any of the naughty things ISIS do? How are the Kurdish on human rights? What happens to the inhabitants of an area when he Kurdish forces arrive?

They have carried out attacks in Turkey, but then again Turkey hasn't been the kindest toward them.
As the saying goes "if you agree with them they're freedom fighter, if you don't they're terrorists and if you don't know what they're fighting about then they're guerillas".

Hulk Hands · 14-07-2017 06:30PM

I wouldn't be letting him anywhere near a gun.
As the old GAA saying goes: "If Lee Harvey Oswald was from Mayo, JFK would still be alive"

Jimmy Garlic · 14-07-2017 06:39PM

He will be home in a bodybag most likely, if he's lucky enough to be picked out of the desert. The Kurds are only walking saints because they have left cover and the media won't present anything about them that isn't positive. Underneath the gloss they are well capable of things like a spot of ethnic cleansing.. but let's not talk about that, taboo, not trendy.

worded · 14-07-2017 06:50PM

voz es wrote: »

I found this interesting, fair play to him for following his conviction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_39GTZJKyxA&feature=youtu.be

http://www.mayonews.ie/news/30287-achill-man-joins-syrian-fight-against-isis

404 on the mayo news link - can you fix it ? Thanks

Mayo lad out fighting with the Kurds

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