That's the backdrop for the very dangerous situation that has been created with the Turkish Parliament's authorization of an invasion of Northern Iraq - which Turkish Army generals consider inevitable after Kurdish guerrilla attacks against Turkish troops in recent days. It's one of the most complicated situations that the Americans confront at the moment: the Kurds are their allies and without them, the Shiite government in Baghdad would collapse. But Turkey is also, nominally, an American ally and a member of NATO, but which is today on much better terms with Syria and Iran than with Washington.

The history over there about this is fascinating and this was a really great article. I am just now starting to understand a little bit of how intricately these people are intertwined with one another.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"