When ISIS swept across northern Iraq in 2014, the Iraqi army folded, but the Kurdish Peshmerga held.
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The Peshmerga's not weak, but the Turkish military is much stronger. Remember, the Kurds needed US help to push back ISIS. 20/x
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Would the US let it's Kurdish ally get attacked? Would the US fire upon its NATO ally Turkey?
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Iranian military is more powerful than the Peshmerga as well. If Iran attacks, will it spiral into a larger US-Iran war? 22/x
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What will the Turkish Kurds do? As Turkey fears, the separatists could easily see the Iraqi
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Fearing larger conflict, the US implored the Kurds not to do it. But they think they've waited more than long enough
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Possible outcomes range from a new, relatively stable, relatively multi-ethnic and multi-confessional, democratic state... 26/x
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... to a regional interstate war--the last thing the Middle East needs. Watch closely what happens after the
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It’s unlikely that Iran gets involved. One of the main reasonings they use to prove points is they haven’t attacked in the last 100 years.
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I think it will be turkey because PKK will have much greater ground.
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