The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a homeland.
Turkey does not allow them their own land, despite ages-old ancestral claims. Wonder how Turkey would feel if neighboring nations tried to force their way in to blockaded Turkish territory to aid the Kurds, perhaps smuggling weapons in the process? And what would the UN do?
And what if the Turkish government had made a very generous offer of land and peace to the Kurds, but since it wasn't 100% of what the Kurds wanted they turned it down?And what if the Turks generously withdrew from a Kurdish-claimed area as a gesture of peace? What if the area was some of the most prime real estate in the world? What if the Kurds then used that area, close to densely populated Turkish areas, to launch DAILY missile attacks into Turkey?
And what if the Kurdish leader who rejected the fine offer of peace was a terrorist with a history of ordering the deaths of hundreds of Turks, and of his own people? What if he personally was more interested in the benefits TO HIMSELF of continued warfare, sacrificing his own people's future in return for the $$ and power to be gained by demonizing Turks in the minds of those with natural antipathies to them?
And what if the UN decided to back the Kurds, who had legitimate grievances but chose to try to resolve them through blowing up Turkish children in Turkish malls and teenage hangouts? Would the world's opinion of the UN drop, especially given the fact that Turkey was given authority to own their land BY THE UN ITSELF?
And what if the USA was led by people with no foreign policy experience, who saw the world as a place of moral relativism, and whose desire for Kurdish autonomy caused them to look past the targeting by Kurds of young innocents and see only the harsh response of the Turkish government to the slaughter of their children? Would this naive US leadership recognize the impossibility that a nation built on terrorism by terrorists could ever live peacefully with its neighbors, given the fact that terrorism worked? After all, if terrorism got them what they wanted, why ever discard it as a tactic?
And what if the Kurds had formed a partnership with a psychopathic regime that was wealthy and had access to truly terrible weapons, and the will to use them? And what if that regime was religiously committed to ushering in a "new age" that saw this world as a battleground to be won by its perception of god, and condoned national suicide as a way of hastening that new world order?
And what if this regime saw the USA as led by weak-minded people who just wanted to talk about peace, but weren't willing to back up their talk with serious and severe repercussions to those who fomented war? Would they be happy to continue talking with the USA as a way of buying time to develop more weapons, and even more lethal ones?
Does weakness by the USA promote peace, or create a vacuum of power that allows genocidal regimes to flourish?
In the past 30 years, have we been closer to widespread mass bloodshed in the Middle East than we are now?
Saying "I'm concerned." doesn't come close to expressing my thoughts right now.
