Inkwell Institute
Middle East Desk
All the woes being foisted on the Middle East….all the violence and destruction….is it possible we are looking at a Middle East that will be remade……remade in some form that does not look like it does today.
Below is one rendition of how that change may appear in the near future………
As predicted by me and others the Kurds will be looking to take advantageof the situation with ISIS and break away into a separate state……..
With Iraq divided by violence, its Kurdish region is ready to consider forging a nation of its own. Massoud Barzani, the president of the autonomous Kurdistan Region, says he’s planning a referendum on independence that could occur in “a matter of months,” the BBC reports. Kurdistan has long wanted independence and feels it’s done its part to support a unified Iraq. But “everything that’s happened recently shows that it’s the right of Kurdistan to achieve independence,” Barzani says. “From now on, we won’t hide that that’s our goal. Iraq is effectively partitioned now. Are we supposed to stay in this tragic situation the country’s living?”
Iraq’s parliament appeared poised to grapple with the country’s upheaval today—but after a half-hour break in its session, 90 members didn’t come back, CNN reports. The lack of a quorum prompted a postponement, with the acting speaker citing an unspecified “urgent matter” as the reason for the delay. The New York Times reports that those who walked out were Sunnis and Kurds, and their departure indicated opposition to Shiite religious leaders’ calls for a quickly-arranged new government representing all three groups. Shiites are the country’s majority, living in Baghdad and the south, while Sunnis live in the north and Kurds are in the northeast. USA Today notes talk of dividing the country into three zones—something Joe Biden proposed in 2006. “I would accept any solution to stop the bloodshed, even if it was a confederation or division,” says a dentist in eastern Iraq.
If that actually occurs then Turkey will have a stroke because of all the Kurds living within their borders…..Iran will crack down on the Kurds living there….and then there are the ones within Syria…….another problem in the making for a country that has enough problems already.
But ISIS (ISIL or IS) may have another thought in mind……..
Iraq is toast!
