http://cominganarchy.com/2007/08/05/fragmentation-part-deux/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:36:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/08/05/fragmentation-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-377249 ElamBend Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:07:28 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/08/05/fragmentation-part-deux/#comment-377249 The Kurds of Iraq have seen the writing the wall and taken steps to protect their "Shangri-la":http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/3840/Iraq_Joining_Turkish_Fight_Against_PKK The Kurds of Iraq have seen the writing the wall and taken steps to protect their Shangri-la

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2007/08/05/fragmentation-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-377214 Kaye Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:39:00 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/08/05/fragmentation-part-deux/#comment-377214 Methinks that security, stability and civil and economic development may rest in a path that leads to breaking up the country in a Shiite, a Shia and a Kurdish part. Monoethnic cq. monoreligious countries are usually calmer than multiethnic and -religious ones. Before a 'Yugoslavia ca. 1991' episode breaks out in Iraq, with the US playing the part of a UNPROFOR that has chosen to take part, develops, this might be an idea worth of some thought. Having said that, I don't think that the Turks would be too happy about having a fully fledged Kurdish state on their Eastern border, though it has been in existence officiously for some years now. The Turkish manoeuvres in and around the Kurdish bit of Iraq have shown that they're willing and able to take action against such a development. Methinks that security, stability and civil and economic development may rest in a path that leads to breaking up the country in a Shiite, a Shia and a Kurdish part. Monoethnic cq. monoreligious countries are usually calmer than multiethnic and -religious ones. Before a ‘Yugoslavia ca. 1991’ episode breaks out in Iraq, with the US playing the part of a UNPROFOR that has chosen to take part, develops, this might be an idea worth of some thought.
Having said that, I don’t think that the Turks would be too happy about having a fully fledged Kurdish state on their Eastern border, though it has been in existence officiously for some years now. The Turkish manoeuvres in and around the Kurdish bit of Iraq have shown that they’re willing and able to take action against such a development.

]]> http://cominganarchy.com/2007/08/05/fragmentation-part-deux/comment-page-1/#comment-377170 Dan tdaxp Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:47:13 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/08/05/fragmentation-part-deux/#comment-377170 I didn't know that SCIRI had changed its name! Fascinating! I didn’t know that SCIRI had changed its name! Fascinating!

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