The Kurds are rapidly becoming the “noble savages” of this blog (occupying a role normally reserved for the Palestinians among the mentally short-winded) with the lauding of their headbanger element, the idea that fighting is a praiseworthy activity in itself regardless of political goals or the likelihood of achieving them and now their special relationship with the natural world. It’s a kind leftist orientalism.
Or to put it another way; fuck the PKK and the fuck the wankers who get their jollies by encouraging the oppressed to get themselves killed for nothing
On the Kurdish question – I’m with you all the way. The decents are just a mirror image of the pseudos – they only support the “right” Kurds. Like you say – fuck the lot of them. Those who love humanity spit on its enemies.
Victory to the Kurds! Free Kurdistan! A humiliating and crushing defeat to the hand wringing liberal scum!
We all hope for a unified nation for the Kurds. Do you think it’s possible?
Probably not without igniting WW3. Putin and his cranks would intervene to prevent any changes to the Iranian and Turkish borders.
But if there is a fight, the Kurds have every right to feel that Britain owes some dues. The best chance to establish Kurdistan came after the Treaty of Sevres in 1920-21, when, a rump state was offered. But instead of helping the Kurdish, Armenian and Greek minorities who were getting bashed by Ataturk, Britain was more interested in pumping money and arms into the White Russian proto-fascists fighting Trotsky.
Friday 2 November 2007 at 18:09
The Kurds are rapidly becoming the “noble savages” of this blog (occupying a role normally reserved for the Palestinians among the mentally short-winded) with the lauding of their headbanger element, the idea that fighting is a praiseworthy activity in itself regardless of political goals or the likelihood of achieving them and now their special relationship with the natural world. It’s a kind leftist orientalism.
Or to put it another way; fuck the PKK and the fuck the wankers who get their jollies by encouraging the oppressed to get themselves killed for nothing
Friday 2 November 2007 at 18:12
Your reading and comprehension skills have deserted you.
Try again.
Friday 2 November 2007 at 23:57
Will! Why not break a habit of a lifetime and come down to London tomorrow. There’s fun to be had:
http://bashtherich.wordpress.com/
On the Kurdish question – I’m with you all the way. The decents are just a mirror image of the pseudos – they only support the “right” Kurds. Like you say – fuck the lot of them. Those who love humanity spit on its enemies.
Victory to the Kurds! Free Kurdistan! A humiliating and crushing defeat to the hand wringing liberal scum!
Saturday 3 November 2007 at 2:31
“The Kurds have no friends - no friends but the mountains.”
They’d do well to remember that. But if they help fuck with Iran the Americans will be happy to lend some assistance in passing.
Fuck the PKK. Up the PJK. Smash Iran.
Saturday 3 November 2007 at 11:03
We all hope for a unified nation for the Kurds. Do you think it’s possible?
Saturday 3 November 2007 at 12:32
We all hope for a unified nation for the Kurds. Do you think it’s possible?
Probably not without igniting WW3. Putin and his cranks would intervene to prevent any changes to the Iranian and Turkish borders.
But if there is a fight, the Kurds have every right to feel that Britain owes some dues. The best chance to establish Kurdistan came after the Treaty of Sevres in 1920-21, when, a rump state was offered. But instead of helping the Kurdish, Armenian and Greek minorities who were getting bashed by Ataturk, Britain was more interested in pumping money and arms into the White Russian proto-fascists fighting Trotsky.