Comments on: Turkey: Kurds Voting For Christmas? http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/minorities-and-integration/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas/ European Opinion Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:05:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Coskun Toktamis http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/minorities-and-integration/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas/#comment-18867 Coskun Toktamis Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:37:24 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas#comment-18867 LET THE TURKISH ARMY DETROY ALL THE INSURGENTS WHERE EVER THEY ARE AND RETURN HOME AND HELP IN THE REBUILDING OF THE EASTERN PART WHERE MOSTLT TURKISH-KURDS LIVE. IF THE KURDS STILL ASK FOR OUR BLOOD WITHOUT A REASON, JUST CAPTURE THEM AND EITHER DEPORT THEM SOMEWHERE FROM WHERE THEY CANNOT RETURN OR JUST HANG THE BLOODY BASTARDS LIKE THE ORANIANS DO. LET THE TURKISH ARMY DETROY ALL THE INSURGENTS WHERE EVER THEY ARE AND RETURN HOME AND HELP IN THE REBUILDING OF THE EASTERN PART WHERE MOSTLT TURKISH-KURDS LIVE. IF THE KURDS STILL ASK FOR OUR BLOOD WITHOUT A REASON, JUST CAPTURE THEM AND EITHER DEPORT THEM SOMEWHERE FROM WHERE THEY CANNOT RETURN OR JUST HANG THE BLOODY BASTARDS LIKE THE ORANIANS DO.

]]> By: Steve LeVine http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/minorities-and-integration/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas/#comment-18231 Steve LeVine Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:31:44 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas#comment-18231 Alex, yours is the primary point -- why is the PKK doing this? But one might also ask why the Iraqi Kurds themselves don't rein in the PKK since if the Turks invade there is bound to be a knock-on impact of instability through the region. One hopes but cannot rely on Turkish restraint. In any case, I wanted to compliment the site. I advertised on it last week for my new book and want to thank you for the space. Steve LeVine, author The Oil and the Glory (Random House) <a href="http://www.oilandglory.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.oilandglory.com</a> Alex, yours is the primary point — why is the PKK doing this? But one might also ask why the Iraqi Kurds themselves don’t rein in the PKK since if the Turks invade there is bound to be a knock-on impact of instability through the region. One hopes but cannot rely on Turkish restraint.

In any case, I wanted to compliment the site. I advertised on it last week for my new book and want to thank you for the space.

Steve LeVine, author
The Oil and the Glory (Random House)
http://www.oilandglory.com

]]> By: michaelD http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/minorities-and-integration/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas/#comment-18225 michaelD Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:15:20 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas#comment-18225 If I was a PKKer I might look at Israel's incursion into Lebanon and note how an increasingly irrelevant cause suddenly (re)gained both credability and sympathy. However, given the fact that the north of Iraq is doing really quite well at the moment, this might not be enough to divert Iraqi Kurd sentiment away from the optimism they seem to have discovered. Indeed, if Turkey were to boost growth in their own Kurdish region on the back of the Iraqis', they could go along way toward increasing the irrelevance of the PKK forcing the freedom fighters to either politicise their activities or to go home and become builders. If I was a PKKer I might look at Israel’s incursion into Lebanon and note how an increasingly irrelevant cause suddenly (re)gained both credability and sympathy. However, given the fact that the north of Iraq is doing really quite well at the moment, this might not be enough to divert Iraqi Kurd sentiment away from the optimism they seem to have discovered.

Indeed, if Turkey were to boost growth in their own Kurdish region on the back of the Iraqis’, they could go along way toward increasing the irrelevance of the PKK forcing the freedom fighters to either politicise their activities or to go home and become builders.

]]> By: www.christmasforallofus.info » Turkey: Kurds Voting For Christmas? http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/minorities-and-integration/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas/#comment-18215 www.christmasforallofus.info » Turkey: Kurds Voting For Christmas? Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:17:23 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/turkey-kurds-voting-for-christmas#comment-18215 [...] Alex Harrowell added an interesting post today on Turkey: Kurds Voting For Christmas?.Here’s a small reading:Despite having read mountains (appropriately) of reporting on the Turkish-Kurdish-Iraqi crisis, I haven’t read anyone who has tried to answer the big question - why do the PKK seem to be doing everything possible to provoke the Turks … [...] [...] Alex Harrowell added an interesting post today on Turkey: Kurds Voting For Christmas?.Here’s a small reading:Despite having read mountains (appropriately) of reporting on the Turkish-Kurdish-Iraqi crisis, I haven’t read anyone who has tried to answer the big question - why do the PKK seem to be doing everything possible to provoke the Turks … [...]

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