Think the Turks will accept this?
I've been saying for awhile that there is very little the Iraqi government could do to stem the PKK in Kurdistan, but do you think the Turks will accept this as an answer?
(Notably, PM Erdogan is out of the country during these meetings.)
And, if you believe the McClatchy article below, "Iraqi Kurdish officials indicated that they were unlikely to help in any crackdown."
Iraq’s foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, urged Turkish authorities today to accept an offer by the Iraqi government to “pacify, isolate and disrupt” Kurdish separatist rebels who operate out of bases in northern Iraq, though using methods short of military action.....
Mr. Zebari conceded that the offer fell short of Turkish demands, but that it represented the best possible proposal from the Iraqi side.
(Notably, PM Erdogan is out of the country during these meetings.)
And, if you believe the McClatchy article below, "Iraqi Kurdish officials indicated that they were unlikely to help in any crackdown."
posted by mikevotes at
5:25 PM
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Turks open a second front in the war, we bomb Iran soon and thus open a third front. WWIII HERE WE GOOOOOO!!!!
Throw Pakistan, their radical population, their nukes and we have an end of the world situation.
Sorry, I'm not much of a ray of sunshine today.
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Handsome B. Wonderful, at 7:08 PM
No problem. We've basically ignited the whole muslim world from Turkey down through Africa, across to Pakistan and India. That's bound to get you down a little.
(And, for what it's worth, the radicals in Pakistan are probably the third most likely group to take over. The Pakistani military, which would be sympathetic, but manageable, and the democracy movements look far more likely.
The actual crazy radicals in Pakistan are still a fairly small minority. Certainly able to do damage, and infiltrated well up into the apparatus of state, but not too likely to actually seize the government.
A bigger fear would be seizing a nuke or two.)
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mikevotes, at 9:14 PM
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