[xzins]

Personally, I'm fine with Turkey running it. It belonged to them anyway. And they're far more stable.

An independent Kurdish nation, landlocked and oil dependent, can be replaced in my mind with a fair and equal Kurdish state part of a Turkish federation or confederation.

What do you think?

I do not think the US will do anything to alienate their nato ally, Turkey. What do you think Turkey will easily accept?

[a_Turk]

equal Kurdish state part of a Turkish federation or confederation.

The Ottoman empire did not fall apart overnight. The precursor to fragmentation had always been granting this or that group or locale autonomy.. The groups seeking to divide Turkey will not stop at Kurdish autonomy, but continue on to other parts of the country, to other ethnic areas - you name them, we've got them.

What do you think Turkey will easily accept?

Either an Iraq that remains within the same borders as today, or the addition of northern Iraq to the Republic of Turkey, the latter of which will probably meet with some national and serious international opposition.

[mamelukesabre]

Nah.

Let Turkey run Syria, and crack down on the militant muslims that are up to no good in Lebanon.

Let Iran run Iraq and maybe even Afghanistan. It would be like reincarnating the persian empire.

The turks and the persians would become very busy with internal problems and the muslims in the middle east would focus less on the jews. When they did have time to deal with international issues, it would probably involve a three way power struggle between the Arabs, the Turks, and the Persians.