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2006-11-06 Iraq

Turkey warns Iraqi Kurds against independent Kurdish state

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 WTF is Turkey's real problem with Kurds?

Posted by 3dc 2006-11-06 00:36|| 2006-11-06 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Kurds are not turkish enuff. Similar like Armenians, almost a century ago. Since being not turkish enuff is a crime against turkishness, Kurds are criminals.

Essentially, Turks would like to wipe out the Kurds as etnicity (there is no acknowledged Kurd ethnicity in Turkey). It is not halal nowadays to do genocide, so they try culturally and politically. Kurds reside in a big chunk of Eastern Turkey, and Turks would not like losing it.

Of course PKK is commies, with a strong maoist tilt. So Turks' gripes about them are legitimate. OTOH, Turks supressed legitimate political Kurdish aspirations in toto, so PKK is what remains, because they are nuttier than a rabid squirrel and are the only ones left fighting.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-11-06 01:09|| 2006-11-06 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 How do you say "kish mir in tuches" in Kurdish?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-11-06 08:21|| 2006-11-06 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Turkey should be working with Iraq (and the US) to promote Kurdish emigration into Iraq. Make them close to equal in numbers to the Shia and we might have stability in Iraq and a the same time remove a problem the Turks have with territorial integrity questions.

We're gonna need a lot of Kurds trained and ready when/if Iraq falls apart and we institute PLan B: restoration of the Ottoman Empire with the Kurds in charge.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-11-06 14:49|| 2006-11-06 14:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Kurds are not turkish enuff. Similar like Armenians, almost a century ago. Since being not turkish enuff is a crime against turkishness, Kurds are criminals.

Kurds are not Turks at all. Turks came from central Asia and are emparented with Mongols.
Kurds are descdnats of the Medes ie close realtives of the Persians.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-11-06 15:35|| 2006-11-06 15:35|| Front Page Top

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