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It is a fact that the Kurds are a separate people. As such they deserve their own homeland.

It is true that Iraq and Syria represent ancient peoples, but what I have said is that the BORDERS established by primarily Britain and France were arbitrary borders.

We should simply redraw those borders to establish a Kurdish nation.

The difference between Aztlan and the Kurdish nation is that the US has the power to prevent its borders being carved up. Iraq does not AND they deserve to be punished for using chemical weaponry against the Kurds.

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The Iraqi people don't "deserve" anything. Gassing the Kurds doesn't merit a break-up of the country of Iraq. It's like hanging a shoplifter.

Absent is your criticism of Turkey for human rights violations much worse than Saddam's. Why?