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Originally Posted by jjames83
Pete
concerning the kurds of turkey and Iran.
If anything this would most likely lead to a massive influx of Kurds to the newly formed Kurdish region. I doubt the Iraninas nor the Turks would have any problem with the Kurds leaving to thier own newly formed state. I also don't see the Iranians nor the Turks forcing the Kurds to stay. If anything this would further strengthen the Kurdish population in the north which as already begun to blossom and support the United States.
I see this as an opportunity to gain a much needed new ally to the coalition of the willing, as well as a stabiliizing force in the region.
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I disagree with any idea of a migration to a new state. When the fighting started in the Balkans it was based on ethnic lines (and in an American's mind some very ancient history). Bosnia for the Muslims, R.S. for the Orhtodox Serbs..by your theory that would have ended it and everyone would have been fine with the plan. Problem is that the people from one group that live in the area of the other are not going to leave their homes. Secondly, the mere existance of the other clan, group, tribe, ehtnicity, was troubling. Kosovo was a similar instance. Third, once the fighting started the bystanders (Croats) jumped in to see what they could get out of the deal. Why did the Serbs not migrate into what was left of the F.R.Y.? Later on as other areas experienced similar ethnics fights why did Muslims in the region not migrate to Bosnia?
The Turkish government (military) has already made it very clear that there will not be a Kurdish state. There was a time in American history when we would have championed the beginnings of any sort of independence movement (Cyprus for example). The Europeans will not get involved, especially the Germans due to the Turkish immigrant population residing there. Turkey was conveniently used as and continues to be a very comfortable buffer between the more radical Islamic states and the rest of Europe. No EU member wants to pull that stopper out.