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Originally Posted by lksteve
hard to tell...the entire area seems to be a series of flash points...relations between the Turks and their Kurdish minority are very crucial to stability in the region, IMNSHO...i haven't followed that situation much since retirement, but i do recall being somewhat aghast during the early days of IF when it was rumored that the Turks had taken up positions in N. Iraq or had mobilized along the border, i don't recollect...
since Mohammed died, about the only time the Muslims were not fighting each other for hegemony was during the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent European colonial period....there are divisions within the Shi'a community, as well, among the Fivers, Seveners and Twelvers (depending on which martyred caliph you believe to be the true successor to Mohammed)
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Instead of forging a "future" you conjured up a history that is inciting to that type of culture.
"Very few move forward...dragging the baggage of the past."
Then you have those so-called leaders that...
"I will move forward, so I will put that past baggage on your shoulders, so that I WILL move forward without extra weight too carry."
The AO the Kurds control is pretty much stable. The division in which you are hearing about in the Shi'a community is perpetuated by the media.