Posted on 06/18/2014 11:28:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I’m not surprised. Turkey does not want another flood of Kurdish refugees coming back into Turkey. They finally got rid of them and want it to stay that way.
Not sure if anything has changed radically - Turkey has made friendly noises about Kurdistan in the past but not with regard to ceding any Turkish territory. If that has changed we do have a big story. BTT
I know a few Kurds living here in NYC.
They are the type of Muslims who are NOT VERY OBSERVANT ( they don’t even pray 5 times a day, and don’t even bother reading the Koran ).
I say that’s a good thing. The further you are from that book, the better you are.
Yes the Kurds seem to have it half way together. They don’t make their women wear a body bag either.
It looks like but it's competing against the no-brainer in the WH.
Buffer state.
A these guys are as fickle and loyal as a group of 15 year olds. And about as dependable
All for the same reasons too
They support independence for Iraqi-Kurdistan only. When Iraqi Kurdistan becomes independent and cross border incursions into Turkey become “intolerable,” Turkey will invade and occupy it.
The Kurds are a hedge against ISIS, Iran, Syria and all.
Although most of them are Muslims, Kurds are pretty free and tolerant on religion. By and large, they’ve gotten along with religious minority Kurds well in recent times. That’s one difference between them and other factions in the Middle East.
The Kurds have suffered a lot under Saddam Hussein ( Remember, when over five thousand of them were gassed by Saddam’s Chemical Weapons when Papa Bush was President? Ever wondered where those WMD went to? ).
Anyway, the Kurdish area is probably the most STABLE, PEACEFUL and RELATIVELY better off region in what is still known as Iraq.
They are also the ones who are willing to FIGHT for their area ( note how they repelled the ISIL advance in Kirkuk ).
If I were in charge (OK, finish your laughter first and hear me out ), I would start talking to the Kurdish leaders about the plan for independence. I’ll tell them to prepare and organize for this and prepare to DEFEND themselves.
Then I would tell Maliki this — YOU WANT THE US TO DEFEND YOU AND YOUR SHIA? Here are our requirements:
1) Let the Kurds have their country.
2) Get rid of your Islamic constitution, and set up a secular state
3) Recognize Israel
4) Break off ties with Iran.
If Maliki says NO, then tell him: “Fine, have it your way. Goodbye”.
I would then head off to the Kurds and help THEM defend themselves.
I agree. I have always thought the Kurds should have their own sovereign country.
And Saddam Hussein supported the Kurds in Turkey.
Well it looks like the Kurds have played their cards well, not only within Iraqi politics, but Turkish and Iranian as well. Bravo! They have some real strengths with languages and connections in their neighboring countries, which are seen in their superb intelligence collection/analysis and their diplomatic effectiveness.
I will repeat what I said on another thread - they should adopt the Swiss model of universal male service in the military reserve until age 60, and extensive fortifications along invasion routes.
Every Summer Swiss men report to their local Reserve units, practice their marksmanship, and stare down the same valley that Dad and Grandpa did, wargaming how they would deceive, trap and kill any invader. Then they fill out their construction requests for the next year, to further improve their positions.
When neighbors are making their war plans, it just always works out to be easier to go around Switzerland than to try and go through it.
Looks like a plan for denazifying Iraq, Syria and Iran. ;-)
Here are some details.
Denazification, cumulative review. Report, 1 April 1947-30 April 1948.
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.Denazi
The thought occurred to me today was that Turkey should annex Kurdish Syria and Iraq and then allow a semiautonamous zone including Turkish Kurds
I was thinking So Dam Insane mustard gassed the Kurds.
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