Posts by Zachary Watson50

Robin Ramos2 said:God, those Senate Democrats sure are brilliant. I guess they think they're being clever, but because of this completely useless symbolic gesture, the Turks will most likely launch an invasion into northern Kurdish Iraq. And honestly? That's just going to wreck the one part of Iraq that's actually peaceful and somewhat functional.

I don't really think it's in Turkey's best interest to attack northern Iraq. Even though there are PKK bases there—which the Turkish military might struggle with since the well-armed, well-trained Kurdish Peshmerga have plenty of experience from fighting Saddam Hussein's army (and the Turkish military too)—they'll definitely put up a hell of a fight. Plus, they'd be risking an open revolt from maybe 20-25% of the Kurdish population right inside Turkey itself. The Kurds aren't exactly a small group... demographically speaking, they're doing quite well, and they have a real warrior tradition. All things considered, I just feel like the Turks would be taking way too much of a risk just to wipe out a few hundred guerrillas and a couple of camps.

Sean Mitchell3 said:Moguce. But honestly, both sides should stop acting so tough. If they keep pushing, the Turks might actually lose their minds and finish off whatever little is left of them.

So why don't those powerful Turks just attack Armenia then? It’s not like they lack the desire or the motivation... but I think they’re smart enough to realize that if they did, a Russian ICBM would be hovering right over Washington, D.C. and New York City. And even though they're part of NATO, the USA wouldn't be able to step in and protect them if they launched an open act of aggression.

I mean, I still remember back in '93 when the Americans really put those Turks in their place after they were ready to go in with air strikes against Armenia, which at the time was absolutely crushing their Azeri brothers. 🙂