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Originally posted by Chichio
Not to split hairs here because I agree with you about most of your points. The Kurds do have some historical rights to slices of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. They were just left out of the country carving back in the day because they are fairly nomadic people. It was easy to step on them.
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What land rightfully belongs to which group of people depends on what date you choose to begin history. It's been over a thousand years for this particular group, and I think it's fair to say that anyone claiming back land you haven't owned in over 1000 years has no case.
They were trying to start a civil war and Saddam had every legal right to put down the rebellion. All his conventional forces were busy fighting Iran, so he used gas. Boo-Hoo. How is dying by gas worse than dying by bullets? They chose that fight. They were not innocent. They are also religious radicals who kill their daughters if the girl is seen to dishonor the family etc etc. So I don't sympathize.
How would the US gov't react to the same situation here? With flying gunships, of course.