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2003-12-23 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-23 00:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You want Kirkuk? Okay, you got it.

Posted by Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2003-12-23 2:44:02 AM|| 2003-12-23 2:44:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Vlad Tepes Drakula, we burried your head in Istanbul before, well burry it again :)

Murat the vampire killer

Posted by Murat 2003-12-23 3:03:47 AM|| 2003-12-23 3:03:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL!

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-23 3:36:48 AM|| 2003-12-23 3:36:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Murat, don't look at it as "losing part of Turkey." Try, instead, to think of it as "putting the Kurds on a reservation." Giving the Jewish people a homeland tended to shut up the majority of THEIR crazier nutjobs. Giving the Kurds a homeland of their own might do the same.

And who knows? If they can make a go of it in a Kurdish North Iraq, you might want to consider taking any Kurds who refuse to assimilate into Turkey, walking them to the border, and telling them "Hey, here you go. Free Kurdistan. Come back THIS way again, and we open fire..."

It's what worked for America. Native Americans who wanted to assimilate (and could stand the culture shock) did so, joining the melting pot and leaving their old culture behind. Those who couldn't or wouldn't leave it behind stayed on the reservations and understood that the old "loot, rape and pillage" lifestyle wasn't going to be tolerated anymore.

And before anyone yells at me for being racist, I'm part Pawnee myself. My great-great-grandfather was one of the looting, raping, et cetera sort, and bragged about it. Heh. Then he got old, tired, and noticed that this white woman standing over there had GREAT breasts... Hey, peace has broken out over sillier things.

Ed Becerra

Posted by Ed Becerra 2003-12-23 3:46:55 AM|| 2003-12-23 3:46:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ed, FYI I do not see it as losing a part of Turkey, cos Kirkuk is part of Iraq, I think it is up to the Iraqis to decide about the fate of their cities, not the Kurds or the temporary council or anyone who yells the most load.

Posted by Murat 2003-12-23 5:10:28 AM|| 2003-12-23 5:10:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 If you don't see it as losing part of Turkey ( Which your right, it isn't part of Turkey ), then what do you see it as? I think what's going to happen is the forming of 3-4 States, all being a part of Iraq. Most likely the borders will be similar to the "fly-zones" that were in place after the Persian Gulf 1.

Posted by Charles 2003-12-23 6:33:08 AM|| 2003-12-23 6:33:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Murat, I still haven't seen the "proof" of my identity you promised to post. I'm expecting to see it soon.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-23 7:30:50 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2003-12-23 7:30:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Berxwedan Jiyan? Is that you?

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-23 8:04:35 AM|| 2003-12-23 8:04:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I think it is up to the Iraqis to decide about the fate of their cities, not the Kurds . . .

Uh, Murat, little buddy, um, I don't mean to be disrespectful or anything, but I need to point something out to you, so s'cuse me for being blunt, but:

THE KURDS IN IRAQ ARE IRAQIS!

Posted by Mike 2003-12-23 8:27:47 AM|| 2003-12-23 8:27:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Supposedly, according to some nutjobs, the Kurds captured Saddam, drugged him, stuffed him into that spider hole, then notified the Merkins of the bastard's location. Yeah, Suuuuure. I also happen to have some beachfront property in Nevada in which, I think, you'd be interested.

Of course, if that WERE the case, I'd GIVE them Kirkuk.

Posted by Ptah 2003-12-23 10:42:37 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-12-23 10:42:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Mike, true, so are the Arabs, Turkmen and the rest of the minorities too, so what would happen if all of them just claimed parts of Iraq without consulting the others? right, civil war, smart as you are buddy.

Posted by Murat 2003-12-23 10:45:20 AM|| 2003-12-23 10:45:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 C'mon, Murat, stop being a coward. Where's the evidence you said you had?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-23 11:01:22 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-12-23 11:01:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Murat:

I merely wished to point out that the Kurds have as much to say about the future of Kirkuk as anyone else that lives there. I read your comment as implying that the Kurds had no place in the conversation. If that was a misreading, my bad.

Posted by Mike 2003-12-23 11:10:25 AM|| 2003-12-23 11:10:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 I wonder if they could get around to stuffing Murat into a hole so someone could find him if anyone would want to.

Posted by buzzard 2003-12-23 1:19:50 PM|| 2003-12-23 1:19:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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