i can just imagine somebody trying to explain the need to protect the kurds to donald trump.

trump: the kurds. i keep hearing about these kurds and i have to say i've neva hoid of them, these kurds. but we need to protect the kurds. and, i don't...i just don't know who they are. so, somebody tell me about these kurds, and why we should protect them.

advisor: well, they're an ethnic group in the middle east...

trump: but, what does that have to do with us?

advisor: ...that are of iranian origin....

trump: great. they're iranians. why are we protecting the iranians? how'd they trick us into doing that? we're always getting tricked. i said no more of this. what else can you tell me about these kurds?

advisor: well, they're muslims.

trump: great. iranian muslims. we're protecting iranian muslims. i bet they're terrible to their own people, too.

advisor: well, a lot of them are socialists, actually.

trump: so, let me get this straight. you want me to stay in syria to protect iranian muslim socialists. is that right?

(pause)

advisor: yes, sir.

trump: you gotta be kidding me. what are you noam fucking chomsky or something? get 'em out of there.

advisor #2: well, if you don't like the kurds, there's the yazidis...

trump: nope. to hell with it. get 'em out of there.