Then it is America who's caught between a rock and a hard place. If we kill the PKK, the Kurds will see it as us killing Them and could turn on us.
My point exacly, we should back the kurds for now. Once we win over the sunnis or shias, we can stab them in the back.
If the Kurds can't be parted from the Communists in their ranks, then tough titties...I believe the Kurds are much wiser than maybe you do.
It's like juggling chain saws on roller skates. It'll probably reach a point when fortress America starts looking pretty good.
"Then it is America who's caught between a rock and a hard place. If we kill the PKK, the Kurds will see it as us killing Them and could turn on us."
Not necessarily. If we had a State Department worth its salt, we could facilitate binding agreements between Turkey and the Kurds to resolve this issue (the Kurds agree to stand aside while we destroy the PKK, Turkey agrees to recognize the Kurds, etc). Unfortunately, this would require a shakeup at the State Department that neither political party has had the will to initiate in a long, long time (read: purge the liberals!).
Well the US has an ace in the hole. The Russia Bear, the bear would dearly love to return to it's role of protecter of the Balkins. So the Turks might fine themselves facing Russian troops to the north while engaged with US troops in the south. Hard to believe Russia would allow a golden opportunity to take on the turks for control of the Balkin to slide by. And I can't imagine the US would pass up the chance to ally with Russia in a general mid east balkin war. The UK would have a hissy fit, but no way the UK can be a power broker any longer.