Israel has quietly cooperated with Kurdish rebels for decades. We are essential to them as their only source of military expertise and an important source of weapons, and we need them for clandestine activities in Iran.
Now that the Iraqi government is impotent and Kurdish leaders have proclaimed their right to autonomy, if not secession, Israel must come out into the open. There are many pros and no cons.
Israeli support for the Kurds is our best threat to Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, which have large Kurdish minorities.
Kurdistan, with its mammoth oil reserves, will be one of the richest nations on earth, and a viable partner for Israel.
Kurds are by far the most civilized Muslims, and cooperation with them is an excellent way for Israel to break Muslim unity against us.
Helping the Kurds to break up Iraq would also be a good way to snub Obama.
The Kurds have a large standing army, which has won many battles against the Iraqis. We can help them win. We can stem Iraqi retaliation against them by promising direct involvement on their behalf. We can pressure the United States to recognize their independence.
Kurdistan is a historic opportunity for Israel, and it would be a crime to miss it.
Obahiah,
I totally agree with you about alliance with Kurds.
One thing though: I don’t see any evidence that Kurds are by far the most civilized among the Muslims.
Perhaps there is a difference between the Turkish Kurds and Iraqi Kurds. I read about honor murders, and other such atrocities very common among Kurds.
If we could impress upon the Kurds that Islam is a Arab cultural imperialism, perhaps they could live this rotten and retarded cult all together and become modern people.
Don’T know must about the Kurds,only that Chemical Ali did not like them,I did not like this man that gassed many families and children too; like the Nazi’s did in WW2,However if keep your people in the Nation you Love,and just visit us when you can afford,will we appreciate it for Islam is giving us trouble right now for mistake we have made.