[George W. Bush]

Certainly there are interest groups who fear a secure and prosperous Republic of Turkey.

You have to wonder if there's a lot of politicking going on. Maybe some Turcomen cutting deals for profit at the expense of others, jockeying for position.

At present, with Big Brother in the neighborhood, I suspect everyone is on a little better behavior than usual. That's the way it usually works. And local factions are probably all jockeying for money and power, between groups and within those groups. I guess it's not hard to understand why they do it. Lots of oil to control for years to come.

[a_Turk]

Sorry to dash all their hopes. There'll be geographic states, not ethnic, and no enthnic armies. Thus the cries of the Iraki Opposition in Exile.