Comments on: Turkish Options http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:03:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/comment-page-1/#comment-380663 Michael Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:34:31 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/#comment-380663 If Forward Deployed is correct, #5 has the distinct virtue of helping the Turks save face. They get some PKK members to put on trial and the chance to talk about how tough they were that the Kurds gave in. GI's right, though, that a long-term solution will require improvements in how the Kurds are treated. If Forward Deployed is correct, #5 has the distinct virtue of helping the Turks save face. They get some PKK members to put on trial and the chance to talk about how tough they were that the Kurds gave in. GI’s right, though, that a long-term solution will require improvements in how the Kurds are treated.

]]> By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Sunday Quick Glances http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/comment-page-1/#comment-380628 The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Sunday Quick Glances Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:57:23 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/#comment-380628 [...] are heating up in the conflict between the Turks and the PKK. Coming Anarchy considers the situation and Turkey’s options along similar lines to those I considered a [...] [...] are heating up in the conflict between the Turks and the PKK. Coming Anarchy considers the situation and Turkey’s options along similar lines to those I considered a [...]

]]> By: Mark http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/comment-page-1/#comment-380599 Mark Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:36:09 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/#comment-380599 The US has stabbed Turkey in the back too many times for them to care about a foreign policy crafted by incompetents like Condi Rice. The US has stabbed Turkey in the back too many times for them to care about a foreign policy crafted by incompetents like Condi Rice.

]]> By: GI http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/comment-page-1/#comment-380595 GI Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:20:04 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/10/25/turkish-options/#comment-380595 I think the Turks for the time being will be going with option one. I don't think it will be very effective and has the potential to kill Kurdish civilians which will only unite Kurds as a whole against the Turks. Option two I don't see happening because the amount of trade across the Harbur Gate border is huge and many Kurds in SE Turkey are depended on the trade. I think we all agree option three a large scale offensive would be disasterous for the Turks. If option four is supposed to reduce attacks on soldiers it will only increase them as they will be on the PKK's home turf and more Turkish soldiers will die defending a buffer zone. Option five is a possibility but it won't end PKK attacks in the long run because it does not deal with heart of the issue which is the treatment of Kurds in eastern Turkey. I think the Turks for the time being will be going with option one. I don’t think it will be very effective and has the potential to kill Kurdish civilians which will only unite Kurds as a whole against the Turks.

Option two I don’t see happening because the amount of trade across the Harbur Gate border is huge and many Kurds in SE Turkey are depended on the trade.

I think we all agree option three a large scale offensive would be disasterous for the Turks.

If option four is supposed to reduce attacks on soldiers it will only increase them as they will be on the PKK’s home turf and more Turkish soldiers will die defending a buffer zone.

Option five is a possibility but it won’t end PKK attacks in the long run because it does not deal with heart of the issue which is the treatment of Kurds in eastern Turkey.

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