Hey good for Lick, I'll admit Lick has a 2 liter bottle cap depth of intelligence, unlike the rest.
Of course what Lick is leaving out is the fact that Turkey has been attacking the Kurds (with U.S. made weapons for years) dating well back to his guy being in office.
What Lick is also leaving out is the the YPG (PKK who is Banned in Turkey) has eyes on making part of Turkey their own, along with areas in Syria and Iraq. In that regard Turkey is acting no differently than another nation state of any merit would act. We're literally talking about a Ethnic/Political movement talking about making part of a NATO country their own net new sovereign country. Gosh, I just can't think of any time in history when the taking of territories in such a (similar) fashion have ever been the launching pad for a future armed conflict.
Another thing Lick is leaving out is the fact that thanks to Barry Obama (and our DOD, more on that little operation out of Croatia and Qatar later) is home to 2 million Syrian refugees, Turkey would like to re-patriot them in Syria.
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give me a break i have only cared about the issue for 2 days
seriously though everything you post above is accurate i wouldn't say i left it out but didn't see it relating to the issue at hand (us rough ridin' our only relaiable ally in the region.)
also you don't mention the numerous Turkish attempts to ethnically cleanse the Turkish population (a new version unfolding as we speak)
nor do you speak of the failure of the Treaty of Sevres (which promised and independent Kurdistan) and the creation of conflict borders that broke the Kurds up among 4 nations.
Ultimately I am not sure why current poicy does not favor the creation of an independent Kurdistan.
because it will anger Turkey?
- Erdogan is a bad actor and in no way has our interests at heart.
because it will anger Iraq?
- Iraq already has little control over the Kurdish autonomous region and has always struggled to control thepopulation (see Sadaam)
because it will anger Iran?
- I doubt this is troubling to us.