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To: greenspirit who wrote (17633)	11/25/2003 2:12:23 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) of 793689

I am at a loss to understand why the assumption regarding a separate Kurdish nation is problematic for so many people... Croatia and Slovenia are better places now because they've separated. Why couldn't the same be true regarding the Kurds? It would almost certainly lead to Turkish intervention, which would leave the US a nasty choice. I have no personal problem with the establishment of a Kurdish State - they certainly have a better claim to statehood than some other groups that have received our support. There's no doubt, though, that much trouble would ensue. In that scenario we would see a separate Kurdistan duking it out with the Turks, with the rest of Iraq dominated by Islamist-leaning Shiites with strong ties to Iraq, who would almost certainly do unto the Sunnis as the Sunnis once did to them. Not exactly a beacon of hope for the rest of the Arab world. I wouldn't predict that outcome, yet. It's at least as likely as any of the other possibilities at this point, though, and a good deal more likely than any immediate emergence of a prosperous, peaceful democracy.

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