What an idiot.

Are you referring to the recent TownHall piece by well-known Trump arse-kisser Kurt Schlichter? Because yeah...

But they were there for us during WWI, even were promised independence for it.
Instead, their territory got split, some into new fake countries like Syria and Iraq.

That's true. The British pretty much drew the boundries of the whole Middle East. And they set the boundries according to who their favorites were among the local rulers.

With the French. Lore has it they did it over dinner, sketched the lines on a napkin!

haha, King Hussien of Jordan originally was supposed to be the king of Arabia, but he ticked off the wrong people there and got booted, so Saud got it and Hussein got Jordan!
None of these were royalty, just families with connections that were utilized against the Ottamans. The Kurds as a group also were a big assist, but as would become a pattern (GHW Bush in the 90s, Trump now), they keep getting, well, royally screwed after they were used.