The Kurds are a huge issue for several Middle East countries. If you believe Iraq should be one country, then the U.S. did the right thing. If you want it to fracture into three pieces- Kurdish, Sunni, and Shia, then we should just get out now.

I still blame the French and British for this mess.

1: we absolutely should get out now (although I would still supply material support to the Kurds)
2: Iraq really should be at least 2, probably 3 countries.

This is fucked up letting them hang in the wind once again. The thing that stops us from really getting behind the Kurds is Turkey. We should finally stop backing those fucks and get behind the Kurds ,who really are good guys in that part of the world.

Turkey is a NATO member and presumed Allie. It is very complicated.

Turkey is to use the word Ally in the loosest of possible terms. Thy are without a doubt the biggest bunch of cocksuckers in NATO. They are using their membership protection to do some fucked up shit.

You know better than most around here. The artificial boundaries in the Middle East continue to cause significant problems, most notably oppression. Besides, the Kurds have significant problems among themselves. My understanding is that there are two distinct Kurdish factions inside Iraq and six total factions among the entire Kurdish region, which spans, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. But again, you know all that better than me.

The current regime is the problem as Erdogan (sp?) is an autocrat. Generally, Turkey has been a good Ally and a moderate democratic state. Their actions against reporters of late is a bad sign.

As usual Ogie, you are a wealth of Mideast knowledge. I read up on the fall of the Ottomans. They aren’t getting that stuff back. The world is going the other way and breaking up.

Turkey is a NATO member and presumed Allie. It is very complicated.

oh no we betrayed muslim trash people. fuck em. the only reservation I have about muslims killing muslims is that I know they enjoy doing it more than I enjoy hearing about it.