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Kurdish women fighters.
Typhoon wrote:.
VOA | Biden: US Recognizes Kurdish Threat to Turkey
Isn't there anyone of influence in the US State Department that understands any regional conflict ?
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From the article, this gem by Biden: "(Islamic State fighters) are not the only existential threat to the people of Turkey. The PKK is equally a threat"Typhoon wrote:VOA | Biden: US Recognizes Kurdish Threat to Turkey
Isn't there anyone of influence in the US State Department that understands any regional conflict?
Hmmm yes. They are Pomegranates, just as much as Brits are Germans. Or Swedes are British.Heracleum Persicum wrote:Alex, beauty of the above map is, Kurds "ethnically" neither Arab (In Iraq), nor Turk, but Persian
Kurd, Azarbaijan, Taleshi (northers Iran, Caspian) are same "genetic thread" .. Kurdish language is "Pahlavi Persian", Original Persian language .. "MED & PARTH" comet to mind
Which was precisely my point, HPHeracleum Persicum wrote:Re Kurd, not sure how deep your knowledge is regarding Kurds, but, a quick look @ WiKi tell all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds
They are culturally and linguistically closely related to the Iranian peoples[45][47][48] and, as a result, are often themselves classified as an Iranian people.
Alexis wrote:
And I agree with you: Kurds are Iranians in fact... Just as much as English-speaking Americans and Brits are in fact Germans!![]()
I'm sure quite a lot of our American contributors will be delighted to recognize below the rightful leader of their country. Hey, MG, Mr P, Simple Minded, y'all guys, you copy?![]()
Typhoon wrote:.
This thread is about a possible Kurdistan,
not Greater WhateverFuckistan.
Further off topic posts will be summarily deleted.
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most of 'kurdistan' is in turkey and iran, so the americans and azari are quite right to point out its not so simple as the bit in iraq.Typhoon wrote:
As Iraq is a completely artificial construct, it only makes sense that the Kurds have their own independent nation.
The US, by again being clueless fuckw*ts with regards to regional history and politics, are only making the situation worse.
Agreed.noddy wrote:most of 'kurdistan' is in turkey and iran, so the americans and azari are quite right to point out its not so simple as the bit in iraq.Typhoon wrote:
As Iraq is a completely artificial construct, it only makes sense that the Kurds have their own independent nation.
The US, by again being clueless fuckw*ts with regards to regional history and politics, are only making the situation worse.
which isnt to say they desperately want to recreate the persian empire.
I think he's a representative of Greater WhateverFuckistan.Nonc Hilaire wrote:Gay Kurdish warrior beefcake? Those prissy briefs, greaves and the cape should be a big hit at the club on Saturday night.
Point of order. Posts regarding Greater WhateverFuckistan go in the EU gun control threadTyphoon wrote:I think he's a representative of Greater WhateverFuckistan.Nonc Hilaire wrote:Gay Kurdish warrior beefcake? Those prissy briefs, greaves and the cape should be a big hit at the club on Saturday night.
The long lost 7th, er, member of the Village People.
Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.
But even if the various political challenges to independence are resolved, the major economic problems the region faces due to low oil prices are another bar to Kurdish independence.
"The time has come and the conditions are now suitable for the people to make a decision through a referendum on their future," Barzani said in a statement released Wednesday.
"This referendum would not necessarily lead to (an) immediate declaration of statehood, but rather to know the will and opinion of the people of Kurdistan about their future," said Barzani, who has remained in power despite the expiration of his term as president.
"Islamic State has military bases in Turkey, and is using it as a corridor. Turkey currently plays a role similar to the one Pakistan played in the 1980s. When the Soviet forces were stationed in Afghanistan, jihadists arrived there through Pakistan, along with the money and arms," Abd Salam Ali noted.
"Now Turkey is exactly the same corridor [for militants in Syria], and it plays its own game. But Kurds appeared to stand in [Ankara's] way. They have forced IS away from Rojava [also known as Syrian Kurdistan]. There's only one piece left, a 90km-long territory between the Kurdish towns. If we force IS out of there and reconnect the Kurdish cantons, Turkey won't be able to influence [the situation in Syria]."
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“While the Turkish authorities appear determined to silence internal criticism, they have faced very little from the international community. Strategic considerations relating to the conflict in Syria and determined efforts to enlist Turkey’s help in stemming the flow of refugees to Europe must not overshadow allegations of gross human rights violations. The international community must not look the other way,”