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2002-12-08 Axis of Evil

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-12-08 09:33 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Call me simple, but I can't quite understand why they don't want a Kurdish state so much. Wouldn't be easier just to create one and then whenever the Kurds start agitating say, "Well, you've GOT a state. Don't like it here? Go there."

I'm missing something here.

Posted by Tripartite 2002-12-08 14:43:33|| 2002-12-08 14:43:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Tripartite, the problem is that "Kurdistan" proper includes a big chunk of Turkey, plus small pieces of Syria, Iran and (??) a small piece of Armenia. The fear is that if you give the Kurds an independent state in northern Iraq, and Kurds in these other places will agitate, maybe agitate violently, to be included. Just mentioning an independent Kurdistan causes the Turks to hyperventilate, and as soon as the Turks pull their faces out of the paper bag they quit helping us. So the Kurds in northern Iraq have to agree to some sort of federated Iraq and renounce all intentions for an indepdent state. If they don't, the US just withdraws the no-fly zone in the north, and bad things start to happen.

Posted by Steve White 2002-12-08 16:02:33|| 2002-12-08 16:02:33|| Front Page Top

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