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2003-02-24 Iraq

Turkish Cabinet OKs U.S. Troop Deployment

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Posted by Steve 2003-02-24 12:28 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Kurds have been a far more successful state than Somalia has been recently. And fred's right: "Kurdistan" is a vision of what Iraq has the potential of being once Saddam is gone. A pretty sight for western eyes, and a sore sight for wahhabi ones...

Posted by Ptah 2003-02-24 19:51:44|| 2003-02-24 19:51:44|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem of the Kurdish State will anyway be a great one, after the war. We will need to think creatively to avoid another sore.

Posted by Poitiers 2003-02-24 11:40:30|| 2003-02-24 11:40:30|| Front Page Top

#3 From what I've read, the Kurds have succeeded in establishing a pretty well functioning "state within a state" in their autonomous area. When we make out comments about the lack of democracy in the Middle East, "Kurdistan" can't rightly be included in the generalization. To me, that puts it in the same category as Turkey and Israel and, ummm... Jordan, to an extent. Can't think of any other that are actual working democracies at the moment, though some of the Gulf States seem to be working up to it.

Posted by Fred 2003-02-24 11:56:36|| 2003-02-24 11:56:36|| Front Page Top

#4 While I have a good bit of sympathy for Ankara's problems, at a certain point they're going to have to deal with the Kurds as being a real group of people; not just Turks who are unclear as to their identity.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-02-24 12:23:26|| 2003-02-24 12:23:26|| Front Page Top

#5 As a matter of fact Fred, Abdullah just ordered new parliamentary elections

Posted by Frank G 2003-02-24 13:27:21|| 2003-02-24 13:27:21|| Front Page Top

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