Nascent Kurdish federation?

[m>s]

Baghdad of course doesn't want to Kurds to have their own country, taking the northern oil fields with them.

The Turks will do everything they can, and I expect Iranians, too, to undercut if not block Kurdish region autonomy, and certainly a Kurdish state.

Originally Posted by m>s
I agree with you here, but I am curious why you feel this way about middle eastern ethnic states but not about european ethnic states? why should middle easterners get their own ethnic states but that right be denied to the various peoples of europe?

[Th'Pusher]

I've said more than once that it was wrong what do you want a hug

Neutered

[Winehole23]

The Turks will do everything they can, and I expect Iranians, too, to undercut if not block Kurdish region autonomy, and certainly a Kurdish state.

Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight Friday, expanding and complicating the air war launched by Turkey against the Islamic State in Syria a day before.

The strikes targeted weapons storage facilities and camps belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, at its Mount Qandil headquarters in the remote mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a government statement.
There were also strikes for a second night in a row against the Islamic State in Syria, indicating that Turkey is now actively engaged in the war against the militants after months on the sidelines.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...5d7_story.html

[Winehole23]

Turkey calls Article 4 meeting:

NATO said that its decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council, will convene Tuesday after Ankara invoked the alliance’s Article 4, which allows member states to request a meeting if they feel their territorial integrity or security is under threat.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-...-its-security/

[m>s]

Turkey attacked first they can't invoke

[boutons_deux]

Thanks, Repugs. M/E instability, the gift that will give for DECADES.

[Slutter McGee]

Thanks, Repugs. M/E instability, the gift that will give for DECADES.

Lybia? Syria? Policies supported by Obama. I agree, only the fault of Republicans.

ter McGee

[boutons_deux]

Lybia? Syria? Policies supported by Obama. I agree, only the fault of Republicans.

ter McGee

The entire M/E, and north Africa up to Tunisia, was destabilized when head/BigOil invaded and destroyed Iraq. The going on now is directly descended from 2003. Thanks, Repugs!

[Slutter McGee]

The entire M/E, and north Africa up to Tunisia, was destabilized when head/BigOil invaded and destroyed Iraq. The going on now is directly descended from 2003. Thanks, Repugs!

HAHA 2003 as the start of middle east destabilization. How old are you...15? Don't get me wrong, Iraq was a huge mistake and made things much worse, but grow up and admit that your party has been just about as bad when it comes to interfering in Middle East affairs.

ter McGee

[velik_m]

"The Turkey-Syria border, the Turkey-Iraq border is Nato's responsibility to protect," Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

"Rather than an operational decision [at Tuesday's meeting], we are hoping all allies understand Turkey's intentions and for them to support Turkey in its security measures when needed in the ongoing fight."

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said the PKK and its allies in Syria are the same as IS and must be eradicated.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33682972

So now NATO will fight the troops they just supplied with weapons? Will they stop supplying them with weapons, while they bomb them? I'm so confused... No wonder they made barely any progress against IS.

[boutons_deux]

HAHA 2003 as the start of middle east destabilization. How old are you...15? Don't get me wrong, Iraq was a huge mistake and made things much worse, but grow up and admit that your party has been just about as bad when it comes to interfering in Middle East affairs.

ter McGee

Bull and typical false equivalence.

[Winehole23]

long form article by Dexter Filkins on ISIS and the Kurds:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...29/fight-lives

[Pelicans78]

The entire M/E, and north Africa up to Tunisia, was destabilized when head/BigOil invaded and destroyed Iraq. The going on now is directly descended from 2003. Thanks, Repugs!

You do know that Democrats voted for the war as well. The war doesn't happen without either side. Quit being a slurper.

[boutons_deux]

You do know that Democrats voted for the war as well

The Repugs lied.

[Pelicans78]

The Repugs lied.

Wrong. The Democrats weren't well-prepared. The evidence was right in their faces and they failed to act. They caved in to public pressure of having a strong foreign policy after 9/11. Quit being a slurper.

[Pelicans78]

What's the matter bouton? Internet slowed down? Having trouble finding fake articles to suit your pathetic point of view?