The Kurds are not being exterminated by the free Iraqi government, and they already have an equal voice. So there is no need for independence.

We would not have supported Kosovar independence if that had been the case with them.

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The warrant was sent out by none other than Serbia, and not by the International bodies, which does not come as a surprise.

" His detention was based on an arrest warrant issued by Belgrade authorities in 1997 and 1999 under the rule of Slobodan Milosevic,currently before the war crimes tribunal in The Hague. "

http://www.unmikonline.org/press/200...mm020703AM.htm


Also regarding KLA itself, it was an everyman insurgent force, rather than a simple mafia entity as suggested by revisionists.

I'm not an isolationist; I'm a non-interventionist. I don't care if the US was part of a collective effort in the Balkans, because I don't believe in getting involved in any form of collective effort to fight any war that isn't directly related to defending the US after an attack.

Our involvement in Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, etc was not justified since none of them ever attacked the US.

The only reason for the US to have a strong military is to protect the US; not other countries.

So, I want the US out of the Balkans. It's not our fight. I also want us out of NATO and the UN; and I want all of our military bases in foreign countries shut down and our troops brought back home. See, I don't believe in being in someone else's backyard.

What about the Kurds in turkey, Syria and Iran?

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So what? They still want their independence. They don't want to be part of some put together country that really should be at least three separate countries.

Your example is flawed, since that so-called 'free Iraqi government' didn't occur until after the US invaded Iraq, overthrew Saddam, imposed democracy, and forced the Kurds to remain in the union. Why didn't we do that in the Balkans? Answer: because our foreign policy is hypocritical.

Exactly! They're the largest ethnic group in the world without a country.

Syria is a monarchy, and Iran is an oligarchy. Neither is a democracy, therefore the governments have no right to exist anyway. I would be ok with independence movements from Kurds in Syria and Iran.

Do you have evidence that Kurds do not get equal representation in Turkey or that they are being ethnically cleansed there?



They already have a voice and representation in their government. As far as I am concerned, that is sufficient.



I do not accept you as their official interpreter.



So? We are discussing their situation now. Not what it was prior to the US invasion.

Had they wanted an independent state while under Saddam's "government" I would have fully supported them.


I already explained why.



Well, you're also a minority right now. At least in America. Sorry.

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