Conflict In Kurdistan

Other challenges facing the KRG until recently were inflicted by internal conflict along tribal, geographic, political, linguistic and ideological divisions that led to a weaker sense of nationalism compared to their surrounding enemies, the pendulum has started to swing in the favor of the KRG recently however. (Gunter, 2008) Within the last several years the Kurdish state has been recognized as one of the most stable well governed areas in the region despite all the conflict and corruption. (Who the Kurds are, 2014) Other challenges facing the Kurdish state are politicians taking up the ill practices of their neighbors with family alliances and corruption that has in sued the KRG finds itself 20 billion in debt and dependent upon revenues …show more content…
will need to continue to support KRG and people of Kurdistan in order to protect the bastion of freedom and positive example the people of Kurdistan represent to the region. Given the reliable partner the Kurds have proven to be in the fight to overthrow Saddam Hussein and in the ongoing counter terrorism fight, the U.S. should attempt to bring all parties together and look for common ground and conflict resolution to past grievance and aggression on both sides. The 1920 treaty of Sevres is a possible starting point and should be leveraged to justify the premise of a Kurdish State. Another area of compromise and common ground to negotiate from is the religion of Islam that is shared amongst all parties. The U.S. should also demand that the KRG denounce all acts of violence committed by extreme elements of their nationalist movement against our NATO ally Turkey. Of all the countries opposed to the Kurdish State Turkey seems to have the most to lose and has suffered great loss of life during the ongoing counter insurgency against extremist within the Kurdish movement. Turkey also serves a vital NATO ally in the region to counter Russia’s ambitions to restore the Soviet Union and in the ongoing counter terrorism fight, so the diplomatic task of strengthening our cooperation and unity towards the strategic goals is critical. (Larrabee, 2010) Although the successful U.S. negotiations between these countries will be a difficult task the importance cannot be understated. One could make the argument that the outcomes in this area of the Middle East could be as significant and have similarities to the quagmire that exist on the shores of the Mediterranean with Israel and Palestine. The role and teachings of Islam will be examined next and the religions role in bringing about a resolution to this conflict and the broader conflict within the