The Kurds deserve much sympathy and support. I have no hesitation about wanting more autonomy for them IN PRINCIPLE. I simply don’t know (probably no one knows) how it will play out in relation to governments in Baghdad, Tehran, Ankara, and Damascus. Certainly none of those 4 govts wants to allow any greater autonomy to the Kurds.
Can a successful Kurdistan arise solely within current Iraqi territory and not have spillover effects for all the Kurds in Iran, Turkey, and Syria??? I would be happy for an independent Kurdistan IN PRINCIPLE, but the problems of “self-determination” over the past century have often turned bloody. There are various ethnic and religious groupings in overlapping territories, and it is far from simple to say how an independent Kurdistan WILL exist successfully, without armed interference from the aforementioned governments.
I don’t disagree with that.
It’s natural for a nation to want to hang on to it’s territory.
The interesting aspect of this for me is that the area is so sparsely populated, other than the Kurdish areas. Particularly in Iraq, you’ve got nothing but dirt and sand, then the predominant Kurd area.
In reality, what control would Iraq be relinquishing? Almost none from what I understand. Perhaps others can set me straight on that.