Steve on the recent border attacks against the Kurdish Regional Government

POST: Tragedy Knocks on Kurdistan's Door

Signs of the coming fight for Kurdistan, something we've been expecting for a while, hence the KRG's urgency in getting its act together as much as possible, hence their great receptivity on Development-in-a-Box(tm).

Comments

[Vinay Gupta]

Tom, what do you think are good historical parallels for the current situation of the Kurds, both in Turkey and Iraq?

I've been having trouble finding a situation that fits.

[Tom Barnett]

I guess I'm in no rush to do so.

When I see people comparing our situation in Iraq to the Sov pullout in Afghanistan, I sour on historical analogies.