1. Ed D said:

Without mincing words, the relationship between the kurds with both the USA and Israel is like a breath of fresh air. I admire their philosophy on life, their dedication in their alliance with the US and Israel and as a people who wish nothing more than their rights to freedom.

With the wars going on in the Middle East, it is difficult to know what and when normality will return, maybe never, but this I know, Kurds have the right to separate themselves from the Iraqi Arabs and establish their own homeland, Futhermore, it would be great if the Kruds in Iraq could join with those in those in Iran and Syria to form a greater Kurdistan.

I do not know sthe circumstances of those living in Turkey, but I understand that they are more militant than the Kurds in Iraq and do not see eye to eye with them. They are not Arabs and they because Winston Churchill saw fit to break up the Ottoman Empire and include these people amid the Arabs, that they should be forced to live as 2d class citizens with the Arabs.

Hopefully, when the US, the EU and Russia get their act together, a new Kurdistan will be established.

2. eamad mazouri said:

First of all, the Kurds like any other nation have the right to self- determination, including establishing a united free Kurdistan.Not only I raqi Kurds' gain, but also today technology such as sattellite TV, modern communications , and internet is paving the way for the creation a vast national basis erasing centuries of geo-political obstacles that prevented Kurds from becoming or rather feeling as a one nation divided against its will.
Second, I believe the Kurds have become a very important factor in the quation of the political game in Middle East and world politics.Today, it would be hard to imagine combatting terrorism, islamic fundamentalism, and tyranny without the active participation of the Kurds.Middle East cannot and will not witness any stability, peace, prosperity and harmony without the direct involvement of the Kurds who aspire for nothing other than their legitimate historical rights to be recognized.

3. Ted Belman said:

eamad mazouri

Thank you for being part of the IsrtaPundit family. We are strong supporters of Kurdish national rights and fully agree with the importance of the relationship of Kurds, Americans and Israelis. I desparately hope the US won't betray you or us.

4. kuhnkat said:

Ya know, if the Kurds took over some oil fields maybe the UN would allow them to have their own country too???

Sorry for being a smart aleck. I do admire and respect the Kurds for keeping themselves alive through the purges that have been perpetrated upon them. I am not sure why they still trust the US after we let Sodam Insane attack them at the end of Gulf War I, but, I hope we can some how make it up to them.

Of course, maybe they DON'T really trust us, but, are going along until they see the stick again!! That would probably be best for them.

5. Leonard said:

The kurds unlike the Palestinians who are an artificial creation form a distinct culture with traditions, a language and a way of life going back over a thousand years. They are not arabs and are sometimes referred to as mountain turks. They were promised a State by the international community following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire but were then ignored and ended up being trapped in a region with the most oppressives regimes in the World namely Iraq, Syria Iran and Turkey.They've been systematically and brutally oppressed over the last fifty years mainly by arab regimes culminating in the uprooting of over 2 million people by Saddam in Northern Iraq as the region was arabised and the gassing at Halabja.

Today they number 25 million people and are still denied self-determination. Incidentally they have oil, since the region of Kirkuk is oil-rich, but America considers it more important to appease Turkey who is worried about the Kurdish separatist movement in Eastern Turkey. Turkey did nothing to help America and Britain in the War on Iraq, and I consider Kurdish nation-hood to be long overdue. I hope they recognise that regardless of religion that Israel and the Jews are their natural allies,
and in order for them to progress their cause they need to find friends and allies with a proven record of confronting arab aggression and asserting their rights to self-determination. If the Jews can do it in their ancestral homeland then so can the Kurds. They need to be more united and focused in their determination for national statehood and remember that America and Israel are their friends. Remember who it was who secured independence for Bosnia and Kosovo against Serbian aggression.