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2017-02-27 Iraq

Kurds offer land for independence in struggle to reshape Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2017-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 A sorta of "Land for Peace"? Dumb.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-02-27 04:35|| 2017-02-27 04:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Kurds should try to get as many Turkish Kurds as possible to resettle in Kurdish Iraq. If you drain enough out of Turkey the Turkish opposition *might* diminish. Even if it doesn't it means a larger military force.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-02-27 09:18|| 2017-02-27 09:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Why would Kurds leave their Anatolian homeland? They've already outlasted many empires.

Posted by mossomo 2017-02-27 16:06|| 2017-02-27 16:06|| Front Page Top

#4 (1) Better to have all Kurds together in one location where they can have strength rather than be picked apart as seperate groups in Iraq/Syria/Turkey. (2) Turks are likely to go Armenian on them before Kurds can become the majority population due to birthrates.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-02-27 18:33|| 2017-02-27 18:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Turks are likely to go Armenian on them before Kurds can become the majority population due to birthrates.

Not happening while Uncle Sam is top dog.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-02-27 21:24|| 2017-02-27 21:24|| Front Page Top

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