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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFree Kurdistan?
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Yes, there should be a free and independent Kurdish state. | |
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No, there should not be a free and independent Kurdish state. | |
0 (0%) |
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Free Kurdistan? (Original Post)
ellisonz
Jun 2015
OP
As far as what I've heard the Kurds of northern Syria aren't even asking for a Kurdish state
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2015
#8
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)1. Kick - going to be a major issue.
Renew Deal
(81,873 posts)2. Yes, but I doubt you'll get it in Turkey.
Probably not Iran either.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. Turkey won't even want it on their border
Not sure what they plan to do about it, though.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)6. If the Kurds start setting up their own state in Syria...
I think will take some real hubris for the Turks to attack them with force, I could see a border closure and embargo.
Erdogan is a tyrant.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)7. Nice sig line!
Maika'i no, E ellisonz! (very fine, indeed)
Krytan11c
(271 posts)3. Voted yes, but
Best of luck trying to get Turkey to agree to that. The Iraqi government might have a problem as well.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)5. Kurdish communities should have self rule and democracy
That's not necessarily the same thing as a "state".
The red-line enclosed area on this map also notably does not include some of the key Kurdish areas of northern Syria where Kurdish fighters have been battling ISIS without much help from western allies.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)8. As far as what I've heard the Kurds of northern Syria aren't even asking for a Kurdish state
They are fighting for a muti-ethnic participatory democracy and self governance without particular borders, a system could provide a basis for peace in the war torn areas of Syria and Iraq. Basically they can fight ISIS and replace the vacuum with this system of alternative democracy that they are already using in northern Syria.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)9. Not our business.
Let other countries handle their own choices and making them happen.