I do not know how much influence the regional Kurdish government has over the PKK or PJAK. I am not suggesting they are consciously cooperating to attack Iran and Turkey. My intent is to show how each entity is influencing the overall "Kurdish" situation. The level of control the Kurds have over their own condition is a variable open to discussion. Iranian and Turkish incursion into Iraq however has much broader consequences for Iraq and the Kurds, beyond the PKK and PJAK. These may be the sparks of a much larger conflagration.
The Kurdish Regional government and Baghdad have both affirmed their opposition to the PKK and PJAK.
PJAK is part of PKK and PKK has been declared a terrorist group by our State Dept. and most if not all European governments.
What possibly could Kurdish Regional government and Baghdad gain from backing PKK and PJAK?
The whole issue of Kurdistan the country is a whole 'nuther issue vis-a-vis Turkey; and it is more related to events in Kirkuk and how much independence the Kurdish Regional government gets. That's when it could hit the fan as the real Kurds (not the Marxist PKK) start talking about uniting with Kurds in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and a little bit of Armenia (I believe).
” The level of control the Kurds have over their own condition is a variable open to discussion”
Sadly, if the shells start to fly the targets will not be hit with laser accuracy.
Guilty by association and all that.
It will be amazing if we can pull out this situation with our Iraqi marbles intact.
Do you think the dems thought that far ahead?
This seems to be far more than they hoped for (expected?).