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Do you support an independent Kurdish state?

Do you support an independent Kurdish state?

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EatTheRich

President
Some background:

1. The Kurds are the most populous nationality without a state in which they are the majority.
2. Kurds in N. Iraq have been largely autonomous since a 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein's regime.
3. The Kurdish Regional Government which controls N. Iraq has promised an independence referendum this year.
4. There are also significant Kurdish minority populations in adjoining regions of Syria, Iran, and Turkey, and parties in these regions have expressed interest in a large independent pan-Kurdish homeland.
5. The Kurds, backed by the U.S., have been the most effective anti-IS fighters in both Iraq and Syria (where they are the leading component of the Syrian Democratic Forces organized in 2016. Russia has also cooperated with Kurdish forces in Syria.
6. Vicious, murderous repression of the Kurds has been carried out by the Hussein regime, by various Turkish governments, and by IS.
7. Turkey supports the Kurdish regional government in Iraq, against IS, for now, but has strongly resisted Kurdish advances in Syria. Much of its current intervention in Syria is aimed at preventing Kurdish forces in the northwest and northeast from linking up. Turkey has objected to U.S. support for the Kurds.
8. The U.S. has a history of mobilizing Kurdish nationalism to serve its imperialist ends only to turn on it when it threatened its allies. Nixon 's administration encouraged a Kurdish rebellion in Iraq, in support of Iran, before cutting off the support and leaving the Kurds to Saddam's repression when he and the shah patched things up. "Covert action should not be confused with missionary work," explained National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. In the wake of the Gulf War, the U.S. supported another Kurdish uprising, only to send troops to the Turkish border to keep fleeing Kurds from getting to Turkey. The U.S. supported a no-fly zone in N. Iraq, which gave the Kurds de facto sovereignty, but only as long as the oil flowed.
9. Much of the Kurdish homeland is rich in oil; one of the richest spots is the disputed city of Kirkuk, which is controlled (on the ground) by the Kurdish regional government, but not part of the Kurdish Governorate of Iraq. The population of Kirkuk is majority Kurdish, but there are large Arab and Turkmen minorities.
10. The Kurds are predominately Sunni Muslims, with small Shi'ite, Jewish, Christian, and other minorities.
11. The Kurds are heirs to powerful nations of the past, notably the famous Ayyubid Sultanate of Saladin.
12. An independently Kurdish state is opposed by Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, the U.S., Russia, the UK, France, and Germany. It is supported by Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
 

SouthernBoyI

SouthernBoy
Yes
I think would should conquer Syria and give it to the Kurds.

Or maybe Iran.

Or hell maybe even California.

SB
Sept I got family in Northern Cali so would have to be Southern Cali
 
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