So Apparently There are 22 Turkish Battalions ... Somewhere
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Oct 21, 2011 at 1:26am
The Turkish General Staff has issued a new statement. The media misunderstood yesterday's statement about their operations in Iraq. The large-scale operations in Iraq are not large-scale. They're not in Iraq, either. The 22 Turkish battalions continue their mission, they say, mostly within Turkey's borders.
I think that's the fastest trip down the memory hole I've ever taken.
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Jun '10
Re: So Apparently There are 22 Turkish Battalions ... Somewhere
Just a question out of the air. Would the Turks aid American forces, with or without Saudi participation, in an attack on Iran?
Re: So Apparently There are 22 Turkish Battalions ... Somewhere
Never in a million years. The Iranian foreign minister is here today--to talk about joint cooperation against the PKK. And American forces aren't going to attack Iran, either, with or without the Saudis.
Apr '11
Re: So Apparently There are 22 Turkish Battalions ... Somewhere
Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.
Comrade Noam Chomsky on Turkey and the Kurds:
http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/3475.html
In keeping with the theme of Spengler's new book - demography is destiny.
"Fertility levels of Turks and Kurds are significantly different. At current fertility rates, Turkish-speaking women will give birth to an average of 1.88 children during their reproductive years. The corresponding figure is 4.07 children for Kurdish women. Kurdish women will have almost 2 children more than Turkish women."
http://www.springerlink.com/content/y802304808212q28/
Iraqi Kurdish semi-autonomous region rapidly develops natural resources. The Peshmerga, one of the finest armies in the ME, will have more resources. Will Kurdistan develop shale gas as well?
"ARBIL, Iraq, Oct. 13 (Reuters) - Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has an ambitious plan to produce 1 million barrels of oil per day by the end of 2015, the Kurdish ministry of natural resources said.".
Is the PKK a chess piece in the great game between Sunni and Shia, Persians and Arabs, Muslims and Israelis, Iran and Saudi Arabia, Russia and Turkey, nascent Kurdistan and it's neighbors? Will burgeoning Kurdish-Turkish commerce win the day?
Edited on Oct 21, 2011 at 9:43amJun '10
Re: So Apparently There are 22 Turkish Battalions ... Somewhere
Winston Smith is falling down on the job. The trick to rewriting history is not have people notice.