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Originally Posted by Bunz
Im well aware of the ongoing issues in the region. They will continue to exist without looking at the history of the conflicts and how all previous solutions have failed, because it put the Kurds as a minority. The one solution that hasnt been tried is Kurdistan. It has been talked about, but never allowed.
The Kurds arent welcome in any country they reside. If one would rather not have a certain group in thier lands, the easist solution is to give them somewhere to go. It comes at no land area lost to Iran or the Turks, yet allows them to relieve themselves of a signifigant burden.
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As I've noted elsewhere, Turkey has a long-standing threat to militarily crush any mention of Kurdish sovereignty. Iran and Russia can be expected to support Turkey's interest here.
That's why there is no Kurdistan or talk of Kurdistan. Simple geo-political realities make it utterly impossible for Kurdistan to be independent.
Indeed, that is the one policy option that is pretty much guarenteed to turn the Middle East into a regional war.
And the number one issue of Kurdistan and their neighbors is the way the Iraqi Kurds allow other (PKK) Kurds to use Iraq as a safe haven for their terrorist attacks against Turkey.
And nothing has changed here in the last 20-30 years.