Originally Posted by S-2

"...and i heard that Turkish officials will be placed at NI soon?...this is a step forward right?"

You're ahead of me there. Love to see a link if you can find one. I didn't know that. Long overdue and a HUGE step forward in the right direction. Turkey needs to be VERY CAREFUL here but there's a grand opportunity to reverse perceptions if both sides can engage constructively.

It would be foolish if it isn't treated as a four-cornered room. Iraqi and American mediation can help smooth perceptions and ease transitory problems but eliminating the PKK begins with Turkish and Kurdish officials and, ultimately, military commanders talking and then working on the ground.

The PKK benefits none of the regional players, to include Turkish Kurds, and it's to everybody's benefit that they pass into the pages of history as soon as possible.