http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:55:17 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2007/10/15/124822.php#comment-301601 why would shia support kurds who are sunni, but not the sunni arabs in the south? it would be surprising if any conflict in that region is resolved in under one year. 301601@desicritics.org Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:55:17 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/10/15/124822.php#comment-301517 Turkish Army would get bogged down in fighting the Kurds in northern Iraq, just like Pak Army got bogged down in fighting the Pashtun tribals. Just as Pak Army's rule has been weakened by this, so too would the Turkish Army's power be similarly weakened by their adventurism into Iraq. The Turks don't have any neighbors who like them, and so if they stumble, there are many who will rush in to pile on the blows. 301517@desicritics.org Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:35:46 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/10/15/124822.php#comment-301494 90% of your suggestions are way wrong. If turkey makes the mistake of fighting: 1. kurds from all parts of greater kurdistan will join the fight, the fight will be taken to instabul. 2. all the arab forces will help the kurds since they already know turkey's main goal is to steal the oil of kirkuk and they won't let that happen. 3. the world won't stand by and watch this masscare by the turks, they wont let the armenian genocide repeat itself which was carried out by the turks many years ago. 4. the outcome will be as follows: * Iraqi Kurdistan will become independent and turkey won't be able to do anything about it, because after the war its economy and army will be nothing but a peice of garbage. * Kurdish Peshmrga will be premitted by US to take over the city of kirkuk by fight if the arabs and turkmens don't accept peaceful intergration. * turkey will be forced to do what it has being tyring to prevent for thousands of years. * turkey will be filled with al qaida and other terrorist cells and in a short time ankara will be the new baghdad and the ne front line in the war against terror. I hope turkey attacks, because once they do this will be the last moments of turkey as a powerful and influencial country in the middle east. With all due respect, 301494@desicritics.org Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:55:41 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/10/15/124822.php#comment-301491 These bombings only encourage Muslim vs. Muslim fighting, further destabilize the region, weaken Arab unity, leave more innocent people in destitute (and angry), and gives more power to Christian neo-imperialism. Is the balkanization of Iraq going to happen? I hope not. With regards to the genocide issue, it seems empires (Ottoman, British, French, Belgium, Japanese, Spanish, American, and Israeli) suffer from selective memory when it comes to genocides they've committed, but are quick to point fingers. 301491@desicritics.org Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:54:02 EDT