Unpublished letters on betrayal of the Kurds

One can understand why, after "Donald Trump`s decision to abandon Syria`s Kurds",  the elderly Kurdish man describes the action as a "betrayal" ("Betrayal is a bitters taste". Kurds` anger at Trump as bombs fall, 11/10/19). The truth is, however, that the US is not the only government which is guilty of betrayal. The Kurdish defeat of Isis was not done simply so that America could be safer, and its economy protected,  but that the whole world, including the UK, would no longer have to face such terrorism. All of the main powers should be doing everything in their power to get the Turks to stop their attacks. 

     We are told the British government are "calling on" Turkey to reconsider, but why isn`t it demanding the UN to take more action, threatening the ending of Turkey`s membership of NATO, stopping the supply of all military equipment and tools to the Turks until all action is called off, or even leading the EU in protesting and warning of economic sanctions? The  UK government sent warships when Iran took retaliatory action over an oil tanker, but when thousands of innocent Kurdish lives are at risk, it does next to nothing. A huge debt is owed to the Kurdish people by us all; simply blaming the idiot in the White House is not enough!

Strangely, in his otherwise excellent article on Trump`s "betrayal of the Kurds", Jonathan Freedland fails to mention one very important point (Trump`s deal with Turkey will have lethal consequences, 12/10/19). Trump is not alone!  By its failure to force Erdogan to withdraw his troops, the world, or at least its main powers, is also guilty of betrayal. Instead of the usual ineffective response, "calling on" Turkey to reconsider, the UN, Nato, the EU, and the British government should be demanding an immediate end to attacks. At the very least Turkey`s membership of NATO should be suspended, and all supplies of military equipment and tools to the Turks stopped. 

      The  UK government sent warships when Iran took retaliatory action over an oil tanker, but when thousands of innocent Kurdish lives are at risk, it does next to nothing. A huge debt is owed to the Kurdish people by us all; more than anyone, their soldiers are responsible for the reduced threat of organised terrorism in the west. Yet, when Trump effectively gives a green light for the "ethnic cleansing" of Kurds in northeastern Syria, other governments appear unwilling to do anything to stop it. Shame on them!