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Afrin a wake-up call for Syria’s Kurds |
2018-03-22 |
[ARABNEWS] It was no coincidence that Pro- The PYD leadership should realize that international and regional powers will not accept a change in the established political borders of the Middle East, with the independence referendum fiasco in Iraqi Kurdistan last year decisive proof of this. For almost three decades, diplomacy was a lifeline for Iraqi Kurdistan’s leaders, as they enjoyed a special relationship with the United States. Unlike the areas now under Kurdish control in Syria, they were not dominated by forces linked or close to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). This has allowed Iraqi Kurds to enjoy political relations with |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 Invading and hoisting a flag in a foreign country is not nationalism.. It's expansionism. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-03-22 13:00 |
#3 If the four Kurdish regions (Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran) can ever get their act together It would be the first time in the entire recorded history. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-22 02:39 |
#2 Pisslam is cancer, it requires the scalpel, chemo and radiation to be eradicated. Unpleasant, for sure, but a choice that must be made before it's too late. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-22 00:53 |
#1 The elephant in the room that is totally ignored in this article is Islamic expansionism. Erdogan has a mission to expand Islamic domination first and Turk expansionism as a close second, by any means necessary cancel's out Turkey's influence against Russia. Especially when Russia cooperated with the invasion of Afrin. If the four Kurdish regions (Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran) can ever get their act together as one cohesive front with the goal of statehood by any means necessary, then they will have the resources to be able to defend themselves. |
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-03-22 00:48 |