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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (23828)	3/24/2003 8:50:00 PM
From: Ed Huang	Respond to of 25898

I think you are right about the Kurds. If the Kurd is separated from Iraq and becomes a small pro-Washington nation, it would be easier for Bushies to handle that region too, I gather. But the Turkish want to move in. Let's see how the thing pans out.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (23828)	3/25/2003 5:48:38 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 25898

The Kurds' endgame calls for a UN-recognized Kurdistan --and the Turks know it. Gustave.. like a stopped clock, even you can be right twice a day... :0) In all honesty.. that was an excellent synopsis of what may be going down here, and why the Turks are so upset. The US is going to be in a strange position after this war.. We're going to be pressuring the Iraelis to grant a Palestinian state, but then we're sitting in Iraq with one of the largest ethnic groups still without a national state. The Kurds. Why a Palestinian state and not a Kurdish state?? And the Turks could have avoided this by permitting the US to base forces in the north so they wouldn't be dependent upon the Kurds as a blocking force. We'll see where the balance of power ends up.. Either way, a Kurdish state would be landlocked and thus, reliant upon other states for economic ties and piping out that oil. Hawk