Comments on: History Hour Continued: The Accidental Kurdistan II http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/26/history-hour-continued-the-accidental-kurdistan-ii/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:52:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ElamBend http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/26/history-hour-continued-the-accidental-kurdistan-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-212419 ElamBend Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:14:59 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2393#comment-212419 Yes, what of it. I don't think any amount of US pressure in support of it's EU bid would work. The Turks would just as soon flip the bird to the EU if they thought it was essential for their national integrity, and to many Turks; the Kurdish question IS an essential part of their national integrity. It would take us guarding the northern Iraq/Kurdistan borders against PKK terrorist or allowing Turkish incursion for them to even consider it, IMO. So, I do wonder what Chirol thinks. Yes, what of it. I don’t think any amount of US pressure in support of it’s EU bid would work. The Turks would just as soon flip the bird to the EU if they thought it was essential for their national integrity, and to many Turks; the Kurdish question IS an essential part of their national integrity. It would take us guarding the northern Iraq/Kurdistan borders against PKK terrorist or allowing Turkish incursion for them to even consider it, IMO.
So, I do wonder what Chirol thinks.

]]> By: subadei http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/26/history-hour-continued-the-accidental-kurdistan-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-212264 subadei Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:29:55 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2393#comment-212264 ""Would Washington chose the Kurds over the Turks? Why not? Given the Turkish want for EU inclusion the US can very much afford to both back a Kurdish state and redeploy to enforce it. That aside, Chirol, what _of_ the Turkish element in regards to a Kurdistan? “”Would Washington chose the Kurds over the Turks?

Why not? Given the Turkish want for EU inclusion the US can very much afford to both back a Kurdish state and redeploy to enforce it.

That aside, Chirol, what of the Turkish element in regards to a Kurdistan?

]]> By: Chief Wiggum http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/26/history-hour-continued-the-accidental-kurdistan-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-212236 Chief Wiggum Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:48 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2393#comment-212236 Ever since the Gulf War there has been a suspicion that the West will "abandon the kurds":http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Will_The_West_Sell_Out_The_Kurds_Yet_Again_999.html yet again. Kurdistan is one of the notable successes of the Iraq war. Countries such as Syria, Iran and Turkey, where there are significant Kurdish minorities, are all against a Kurdish state. The reasons for this have been discussed in depth on CA. While Washington may not care about the misgivings of Iran and Syria, the opposition of Turkey must be taken seriously. Would Washington chose the Kurds over the Turks? Ever since the Gulf War there has been a suspicion that the West will abandon the kurds yet again.

Kurdistan is one of the notable successes of the Iraq war. Countries such as Syria, Iran and Turkey, where there are significant Kurdish minorities, are all against a Kurdish state. The reasons for this have been discussed in depth on CA. While Washington may not care about the misgivings of Iran and Syria, the opposition of Turkey must be taken seriously. Would Washington chose the Kurds over the Turks?

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