The Case for an Independent Kurdistan

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  1. HBendor

    HBendor New Member

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    During the time of the Mandates i.e. the French Mandate of the Levant (Syria Lebanon), the Mandate for Palestine, the Mandate for Mesopotamia... The Kurds were forgotten and even ignored. This is the second coming for them today... the West and Israel are interested and would by all means help them to regain Independence... I wish the Kurds well. HB

    The Case for an Independent Kurdistan


    ~Russ Read

    American Thinker, July 28, 2014

    The state of Iraq as we once knew it is in shambles. ISIS continues to occupy vast swaths of Iraq, sectarian conflicts are on the rise, and the Maliki government cowers in Baghdad while the barbarians batter the gates. In response, the U.S. has sent a few hundred military advisors in an attempt to bolster the Iraqi military’s morale, so far with little success. Elsewhere in the region, Israel and the Palestinians are in the midst of another conflict, Syria is still in a bloody civil war (with ISIS involved), and the Iranian nuclear talks have been extended with no real promise of a deal in the works. Simply put, the Middle East as a whole is extremely volatile.

    That is, except for Kurdistan.

    The Kurds of northern Iraq are sitting pretty. They have not only successfully defended themselves from the ISIS threat, but they have taken control of the key city of Kirkuk, as well as some crucial oil fields. According to Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Kurdistan has taken in over 220,000 refugees fleeing Syria, and over two million others fleeing ISIS. In addition, what is left of the small Chaldean Christian minority of Iraq has been given protection by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Recently, the Kurds even helped some monks expelled from Iraq by ISIS.

    Ironically enough, it appears Kurdistan, which is technically not sovereign, is perhaps the most stable state in their neighborhood, apart from Israel, of course. Just as importantly, they are a regional leader and symbol of democracy and human rights in this volatile region.

    If there ever was a time for the U.S. to recognize an officially independent Kurdistan, it is now....


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  2. Margot2

    Margot2 Banned

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    This is from July.........
     
  3. HBendor

    HBendor New Member

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    What is wrong with July 28, 2014... I cannot get you everything on 8/19 you have to fend for yourself or find a popular name to drop here to counter my well wishes.
     
  4. longknife

    longknife New Member

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    The date of the article has little to do with the supposition that the Kurds could form a far better government than Iraq currently possessed.

    The main problem will be oppositin from Iran and Turkey.
     

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