Like, yeah they’re a lesser threat to the world at large than the US, but it’s hard to blame Rojava for choosing to accept the military protection of the US rather than fully throwing themselves on the mercy of Ba’athist Syria

They are a lesser threat on Syria and even the Kurds specificaly than Assad. You can go as local as you want in the middle east and the US still is the greater Evil. More people died and suffered, die and suffer due to US presence and involvement in Syria than they would have other wise than the entire population of Rojava X5 , for sure more than shitty ass Assad regime did. They didnt just accept military protection , they gave the US free pass to do what they please from maybe the most strategic important erea of Syria and operate and occupy as they like.And they did act as they like from within rojava and that did extend their presence and ability to project power and destabilize the region further. They could never say no to the US so it was never a case of them "gettinga autonomy " from dealing with the US. Their choice was at the expense of tens of millions of Syrians and middle eastern people and in the end of the day at the expense of themselves. A Syria without US presence and involvement and a Kurdish people not in the whim of the US military wouldnt result in Turkey nearly genociding them within Syria's boarders. Its something that would never be allowed to happen if not in a Syria thrown into shambles by western intervention, fractured and weakened and if not the US didnt take what it want from the Kurds and leave them to die. It was the Syrian state that did the obvious thing and pushed jumped in without in the end of the day even destroying Kurdish autonomy or Anexing them. You can go into "well these sneaky!! they would genocide the Kurds as well if they had the chance" but its obvious at this point (and rojava accepted it) and it was obvious at all previous points in the last 10 years that a reduced autonomy allience with Assad would be both the best for the entire erea and people and in the long run would be for the Kurds in general.