Op-Ed: A Letter to the Kurds

Arutz Sheva ^ | 10/10/12 | Mark Langfan

[Eleutheria5]

Dear Kurdish People,

Five years ago, I sent a letter to Prime Minister Erdogan, and the entire hierarchy of the Turkish military, explaining how Turkey should not attack the Kurds of northern Iraq, and instead, should make a strong peace with you.

See actual pdf. www.marklangfan.com/6.4.07lettertoerdogan.html.

A story was written at the time in Turkey describing my letter to PM Erdogan A New York attorney's letter to Mr Erdoğan by Burak Bekdil

http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/06/turkey-new-york-attorneys-letter-to-mr.html

The core strategic reason I explained was that the Kurds were Turkey’s first line of defense against the Iranian monster that was about to swallow up Iraq, and head north to you, and south to Saudi Arabia. I reasoned to the Turks that the Kurds were Turkey’s first line of defense against the Iranian project. Therefore, I posited that a strong independent Kurdish Northern Iraq was in Turkey’s supreme self-interest.

As you are only too well aware, Iran has now swallowed up Iraq in at least its Shiite Southern aspects. But nothing has changed except the Iranian monster is now at your doorstep without an American Army to protect you.

You have also been delivered the miraculous blessing of Eastern Syria from the blood of the Sunni martyrs in Western Syria. This blessing is in no small part due to Turkish wisdom and sacrifice.

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[Ziva]

Mark Langfan is a friend of mine. He has developed an amazing 3-D map of Israel demonstrating the geopolitical issues in the Middle East, particularly concerns about water. You can see more of Mark's work at http://marklangfan.com/

[Eleutheria5]

You have some smart friends.

[Ziva]

I’ve seen him do his excellent presentation about the water issue using his 3-D map of Israel. I wish more people could see it.