tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post566868436571869887..comments2023-10-05T13:50:23.844+03:00Comments on Politeia: Kurdistan: the Plot ThickeningKassandra Troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post-71876027299309915502007-10-23T00:00:00.000+03:002007-10-23T00:00:00.000+03:00The Kurds are an interesting group who have lived ...The Kurds are an interesting group who have lived in essentially the same area since the time of the Medes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Kurds and not once in that time have they ever really had complete autonomy. Always there has been a nominal or actual overlord.<BR/><BR/>You have to ask yourself why that is, apart from suicidal stupidity. <BR/><BR/>How else can you explain why, they would risk the best chance they have had since the treaty of Sevres to gain a free state, by attacking their mortal enemies the Turks? <BR/><BR/>It seems impossible that the Turks won’t cross the border, with the revelation that there are missing Turkish troops. The Turks will not rest until they feel that their national honour has been satisfied, and that involves violence. At the very least this could involve fighting with other Kurdish groups i.e. Non PKK forces and at worse real Iraqi forces.<BR/><BR/>The principle of there being a state called Iraq is fragile enough, without the idea that its borders can be crossed in pursuit of terrorists established by Turkey, Iran or Syria. One has to wonder at the PKK’s thinking in provoking Turkey, because it puts Iraqi Kurdistan at risk after all its progress since the invasion of Iraq. <BR/><BR/>The map on your blog is a somewhat ambitious in its extent, and modern maps show a smaller area http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kurdish-inhabited_area_by_CIA_%281992%29.jpgNo PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824446252611654550noreply@blogger.com