I think everyone bar the Turks are in general agreement as to what actually happened in 1916, but unlike the Israelis the Turks only did it once, and that was nearly 100 years ago, they did not make it an ongoing policy that has been in place for over 60 years.
So,... you know of another time that the Turks alllegedly murdered 1.5 million Armenians?Tell that to those whose homeland was once Constantinople.
Yeah,.. you certainly have a point, but I feel that seeing we can't do much about injustices from those times in the past when they were perhaps considered as perfectly acceptable, we may be able to concentrate on the problems of the present with a view to saving our future.just pointing out that in geo-politics, religion, cultures, etc, no one has clean hands .... not the Turks, not the Israeli's, not us.
You'd be surprised how viable it is actually. Kirkuk has about 4% of the worlds oil. The economy in Kurdistan is booming. The standard of living is far above the rest of Iraq. They have become what we have been trying to create in the rest of Iraq. The best thing is, you can go into any of their cities as a foriegner and you will have absolutely nothing to worry about. It's a beautiful place that has mountains and seasons. It's a very liberal area and the people are very friendly. Plus, they could defend themselves. Kurdistan has a lot of things going for it...I sure wish we could do more.
Iraq is a put together country, done by Line Drawers back in the day.They are talking in Iraqi parliament right now about splitting the country into 3 areas. Shi'a in the south, Sunni in the west, and Kurds in the north...it's gaining a lot of support here. I'm not sure how it's gonna go, but the fact it is being considered is quite remarkable.
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