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2013-10-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrian Observatory: At Least 41 Killed in Kurd-Jihadist Fighting

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Posted by Fred 2013-10-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#1 We should be funding/supporting the Kurds.

Posted by Paul D 2013-10-17 06:31|| 2013-10-17 06:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Too bad that we have such a feckless Mideast policy. Otherwise we could create an Eastern Kurdistan protectorate to include Hasaka and impose a no-fly zone over it. Unfortunately, we can not count on the support of Iraq or Turkey to make it work. This time the Kurds are on their own.

Posted by Thumper Hatrack2359 2013-10-17 10:41|| 2013-10-17 10:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The Kurds are on their own because the end game for the Kurdish groups, PPK, et al., is a greater Kurdistan which would absorb significant areas of Syria (Oil), Turkey (Oil), and Iraq (Oil). Are we seeing a trend here.

The Kurds could create a state to rival Israel in Moslem antipathy.

A greater Kurdistan makes sense in so many ways you can almost bet the bank it will never be allowed to happen. It is too rational a concept.

Heaven forbid! We have to protect the provisions of the Balfour Agreement no matter how irrational they were.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-10-17 11:21|| 2013-10-17 11:21|| Front Page Top

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