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Re: a serious question about Iraq
badgolferman wrote:[color=blue]
> Art, 11/3/2006,8:00:19 PM, wrote:[/color]
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>>Also Turkey will not accept an independent Kurdish state.[/color][/color]
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>I think you are right about Turkey, but what is the deal there? I know
>there are lots of Kurds in Iran, Iraq and Turkey. They have been
>oppressed for centuries by Iran and Iraq but is that true for Turkey
>also? Is Turkey that afraid of a Kurdistan seeking revenge on them?[/color]
I doubt that Turkey is afraid of anybody, but they're among the many
who have repressed the Kurds, and ancient Kurdistan did extend into
modern-day Turkey.
Sometimes the highly imperfect status quo borders, imposed by
Westerners who were totally ignorant or insensitive of local ethnic
groups, are better than any alternatives.
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