The Kurdish people of Syria have long endured the majority of the hardship associated with the military defeat of the Islamic State in Syria or Daesh, as they call them. These people [Kurds] have fought, bled and died for liberty and for the chance to make the world a better place. They have made enormous sacrifices to liberate men and women, alike, and push for democracy. It is imperative to the situation in the Middle East and to the entire world that we stand with Syrian Kurds. We must not turn our backs on the Kurdish people with the looming threat of attacks in Afrin and other parts of Rojava by Daesh or other military forces in the region. The American people and government MUST stand with Kurds and their struggle for peace in the Middle East.