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To: ketsu
Do you know *why* the Kurds are revolting against the Turks?

Yes, the Kurds essentially think a huge swath of the middle east is "Kurdistan". I think most people would agree that an ethnic group this large should have a "homeland". That is why their defense of the PKK by the larger Kurdish community is so maddening. They are about to blow their best chance in several hundred years of establishing a Kurdish homeland.

10 posted on 10/25/2007 1:45:31 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Straight Vermonter
Yes, the Kurds essentially think a huge swath of the middle east is "Kurdistan". I think most people would agree that an ethnic group this large should have a "homeland". That is why their defense of the PKK by the larger Kurdish community is so maddening. They are about to blow their best chance in several hundred years of establishing a Kurdish homeland.
They don't "think" so. It *is*. The Turkish government, being the friendly folks that they are have been trying to stomp out Kurdish culture for ages. If you live in the Turkish occupied area of Kurdistan even *speaking* Kurdish is illegal. It's the same BS that China is pulling in Tibet but worse.

Turkey, however, is an ally so they get a free pass as long as they don't kill *too* many people.

Your tax dollars at work.
14 posted on 10/25/2007 3:55:51 AM PDT by ketsu
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