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Swift Sword Reply
"So I'm tied to Iraq,..."
This remains the essential element for myself, regardless of pipe-dreaming. It actually affords Kurdistan a place in the sun to which the Turkish gov't. cannot object, even if not completely independant as a sovereign nation.
"3. Introducing three small, weak actors into the current geopolitical climate in that region strikes me as a recipie for continued friction."
No doubt it is. Still, it's ultimately not our choice whether such nation-states might arise. We'll see if a common ground can be struck between the three main elements. If not, it's on to PLAN B, whatever that might be.
In sum, we've surrendered our freedom of action by tying ourselves irrevocably to Iraq's success such that we may wish for it more fervantly than the Iraqis.
I just don't know on that score.
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