Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Kurdistan

According to the Bush Administration, the Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) is a terrorist group.

According to the Bush Administration, the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (P.J.A.K.) is not a terrorist group.

The difference being that the P.K.K. is attacking the border of Turkey while the P.J.A.K. is attacking the border of Iran. Both groups are fighting for the same cause: autonomy for the Kurds. The groups may even be one.

The term "terrorist" has become, to the Bush administration, a catch-all term for anyone not an ally. The term is thrown around to insight fear in the public. The President would not mind if Iran was occupied by guerrillas, but the thought of turmoil in Turkey? Turmoil in Turkey would, of course, make it more difficult to get our alloted tax dollars into Iraq. We certainly can't have that.

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