92% of Iraqi Kurds vote "Yes" to Kurdistan

[Dr. Gonzo]

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iraq/1.814639

So... anyone else think this is the start of a new war in the Middle East? Iraq, Iran, and Turkey all have no interest in Kurdistan existing. Israel, however, does. Syria's probably split on it - ISIS and Assad definitely don't want an independent country for Kurds, the Syrian Kurds probably think this is a great idea.

 

 

[Spike]

Oh boy. Those countries are going to love partitioning their land to another rival

Israel v Palestine 2.0

[Fairy In Boots]

If we let them all get on with it they're going to just establish borders along ethnic & tribal lines after a procession of wars anyway. It's our post war partitioning of the Ottoman Empire that's created this mess. 

[Dr. Gonzo]

6 hours ago, Fairy In Boots said:

If we let them all get on with it they're going to just establish borders along ethnic & tribal lines after a procession of wars anyway. It's our post war partitioning of the Ottoman Empire that's created this mess. 

I doubt oil rich countries are going to be happy to give up land to minorities they've persecuted.

[nudge]

 

The woman in the pic is "Kurdistan" & the men standing behind are "Iran, Syria, Turkey, Iraq & Jordan" from right to left.

[Stan]

i wish they'd be a bit more imaginative naming these countries.

Tarring my name. 

[Fairy In Boots]

26 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I doubt oil rich countries are going to be happy to give up land to minorities they've persecuted.

I did say procession of wars, Kurdistan will become a reality at some point no matter ho many generations it takes. 

[Panflute]

On 9/28/2017 at 2:27 PM, nudge said:

 

The woman in the pic is "Kurdistan" & the men standing behind are "Iran, Syria, Turkey, Iraq & Jordan" from right to left.

LMAO they literally took that from a meme page on FB

[nudge]

Just now, Panflute said:

LMAO they literally took that from a meme page on FB

I thought they took it from a porn video 

[Panflute]

3 minutes ago, nudge said:

I thought they took it from a porn video 

That's more your area of expertise. 

[The Artful Dodger]

Kurds don't have anyone of influence among the hierachy of world power, I don't see it happening any time soon. 

[Inverted]

I don't see it happening beyond whatever de facto independence they can secure in the current circumstances, which are fairly extraordinary. 

Its kind of like a middle-eastern equivalent of Poland - a nation split among several larger powers who are willing to put aside differences and cooperate to keep their shares.

And the only way Poland got lasting independence was the disintegration of the Russian Empire, then Austria Hungary, then Germany being completely crushed in 1945, and then the USSR splitting-up.