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    hey beeswax. glad you're ok! i'm not sure what you're saying about Kurdistan though. Are you saying it's part of Erdogan's agenda to surrender part of Turkey to a Kurdish state? Or that the West is trying to orchestrate the re-creation of a Kurdish state?

    My understanding has always been that Kurdistan used to exist before WWI, but then was dismantled, by Britain and other European countries, when the nations of Iraq, Syria etc. were drawn out by them. Of course they did this without any thought or knowledge of the history or interests of the people in the region.

    Based on this, I've always thought the Kurds *ought* to have have their own country. Do you disagree? Thanks!

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    • Kurdistan is an area where Kurds live. But there has never been a Kurdistan country. Right now Iraqi Kurdistan is a regional government connected to Iraq.Beeswax
    • Before WWI it was under Ottoman rule before it was Byzantine rule before that under Persian Empire. I'm not against it but it's being designed to be anotherBeeswax
    • puppet country like some other middle east ones.The more you divide this area the more problems occur. But I'm all for doing a referendum and give it to theBeeswax
    • will of the people. The problem is the area is not only home to Kurds. There are religious divisions, Turkmens, Arabs etc. It might also start another shitstormBeeswax
    • Erdogan's ideal is a neo-ottoman state with different cultures living together in an expanded territory. That's why he's against Turkish nationalism tooBeeswax
    • But West doesn't like this ideal at all. They will fool him into this idea like they did in Syria. So As Admiral Akbar says "It's a trap!"Beeswax
    • wow very interesting points! thanks. I need to do more research.sarahfailin
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