On Mar 22, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
Fourth, the Kurds effectively become semi-independent (because the central government was set up so as to allow tribal trouble at the drop of a hat, but let's no go there) and Turkey gets annoyed. Turkey then gives up on EU membership (since several politicians have made it clear to them they won't get it anyway), and goes full out on squashing Kurds.
As opposed to just squashing the Kurds inside Turkey (occupied Kurdistan...) as they are now and have been for a very long time.
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