tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post6317078456759484565..comments2024-03-29T14:09:49.674+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Paddy Ashdown foresees the end of Iraq and rise of KurdistanJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-87003804181009998232014-08-15T10:03:46.321+01:002014-08-15T10:03:46.321+01:00Iran could be a problem, but Turkey is coming roun...Iran could be a problem, but Turkey is coming round to the idea - see Jonathan Fryer's <a href="http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/2014/08/12/an-independent-kurdistan/" rel="nofollow">post</a> on the subject. An independent, well-defined, Kurdistan should actually help Turkey's internal Kurdish troubles.<br /><br />Britain owes it to the Kurds IMO to take the lead in this after our murky dealings, driven by the desire for oil, in the 1920s.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-12529279966939389372014-08-15T07:18:59.263+01:002014-08-15T07:18:59.263+01:00Turkey and Iran will have strong views on an emerg...Turkey and Iran will have strong views on an emergent Kurdish state. Could get even more complicated...Edishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852931736127760026noreply@blogger.com