Posted on 07/11/2014 11:21:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
better comparison is to fascism
Right... and push come to shove... Turkey ain’t NOBODY’S ally!
I don’t think they can be trusted one bit.
That’s what we should have done originally, but Bush pretended that Iraq was a country.
If they implement it correctly, both are deadly.
Kurdistan is what we should have had all along. The only downside to that is that the Kurds are Moslems and will behave as Moslems once their border with Iraq is secure and they don’t feel they need the USA anymore. That may happen soon enough. The Moslem American President has no use for a force in the middle east that stands against the Caliphate.
A realignment at the expense of Turkiye will never fly. Turkey really is the big dog in the neighborhood and will not be broken up by its neighbors or by the Obamic USA.
SOME Kurds are Communist. The Iraq-Kurdistan folks have been trying to keep a lik on the red Kurds because Kurdistan needs the friendship of the Turks and doesn’t need the destabilization the Communists promise.
No.
It may happen but it will be done only after a formal deal is struck between the Kurds and the Turks with no input from the US or Russia.
I’ve heard similar stores from people I know who served and expireiced it themselves. Amazing difference.
The Kurds are the only worthy people in Iraq, aside from the Christians. Not only are they hard fighters with a passion for liberty. They are also amazingly pro-American. The only place our soldiers could walk around without body armor, and even weapons, and go out for a meal at a local restaurant, was with the Kurds. Every Kurd I have heard of over there have always thanked us.
Thanks SeekAndFind.
another Obama success story...
I have not been there but my buddies still in the Army say the same thing. The Kurds had Islam forced on them many generations ago. If they get their autonomy, they might just throw off Islam as well.
Our Air Force is trying to get rid of the A-10. Maybe we can send a few over to the Kurds.
I agree, the Kurds never needed either of them and have instead been left to do much of the work carring for both as the Kurds are the only one with their act together.
As for a partition of Iraq into 3 different country’s I would support and recognize an Independence Kurdistan. But this Islamic state must be dealt with or it will become a major threat.
As it is with Obama hanging around our necks I don’t see how we can do anything either way. We are effectively crippled as with Obama we couldn’t even win a war against Cuba. We have no choice but to let it play out and pray the Europeans, Russians, and strangely enough Iranians can see to it that ISIS doesn’t become an unmanageable terrorist state.
Who would have thought that things would get so bad that we would have to hope upon Iranian anti-terror interest...
The Kurds have been going it alone for years. They might as well keep going. I would recognize them and establish formal relations with them as an ally.
Captain Midnight can’t think that fast though.
No, you then cordon it off. And if needed, carpet bomb them all in one already blasted/worthless landscape.
Win/win.
Good for the Kurds. I wonder if this is the start of the revived Babylonian Empire Revelation talks about.
“Kurdish ministers will no longer attend cabinet meetings.” Conservatives should do this too.
Good for the Kurds. I wonder if this is the start of the revived Babylonian Empire Revelation talks about.
“Kurdish ministers will no longer attend cabinet meetings.” Conservatives should do this too.
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