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2006-03-06 Iraq

Kurds to declare independence if civil war breaks out in Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-03-06 01:45|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Kurds. I knew very little about them before the first Gulf War, became fascinated with their ingenuity and guts versus Saddam - and even more impressed by their progress during the interim No Fly period.

And my admiration for these tough sumbitches just keeps growing.

The only bastion of intelligence and rational thought in Iraq. They recognize the full range of pros and cons - and hope for the best, but will make the most of their lot if the worst comes. No pie in the sky, no whimpering and whining. No blame. They rock.

Posted by .com 2006-03-06 02:01|| 2006-03-06 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 He, he, he.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-03-06 04:33|| 2006-03-06 04:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Iraq The Model says the Shiites are pitching for an independant southern Iraq, Which makes the Kurd statements about independence make sense. Note the Shiias and the Kurds have all the oil. With some redrawing of boundaries, I like this outcome.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-03-06 06:42|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-03-06 06:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I like this outcome.

I'll pass. I suspect all these groups are far nicer as victims than as masters. Let each have its way and they'll be at eachothers throats as they are now only without the pretence of a unifying nation to try to smooth things out. An independent Kurdistan nakes sense only if we are ready top go in and redraw all the boundaries is south west Asia. And the American people are not ready for that, no matter how much sense it makes.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-06 07:27|| 2006-03-06 07:27|| Front Page Top

#5 The real opportunity of an independent Kurdistan is not coming from Iraq, but Iran. That is, if Iran is crunched in such a way that its Kurdish territory breaks off and becomes part of Iraqi Kurdistan, there just might be too many Kurds to stay in Iraq.

That is, a united Kurdistan might become the majority in Iraq. Something the Shiites could not tolerate. The "Kurdish inertia" might even lead to a partitioning of Syria, though not of Turkey; perhaps a mass exodus of Kurds from Turkey, or their being expelled by the Turks; or nothing--a permanent entente with Turkey including the Iraqi Turkamen.

It is true that the Kurds keep the path to independence clear, and only remain with Iraq as it benefits them. This begs for eventual secession, for whatever reason. How integration could again happen without bloodshed escapes me.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-03-06 12:57|| 2006-03-06 12:57|| Front Page Top

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