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thing to clarify my position. I do not approve of attacks on villages. Neither Kurdish; Armenian or any other group. But I am a realist. You got to know what you are up against. When someone attacks across a border they bring retaliation and usually the innocent are the victims. All nations react this way be it Israel; Turkey; or Iran and I do not mean IRI. Any government will react dictatorship or democracy. There is nothing romantic about going across the border blowing up guards.

RG

In case your comment was addressed to me. 

The way I see it. Palestinians and Kurds, that's one issue. Hamas and PKK that's another, entirely different issue. The two are not to be mixed.

RG

I do not see  what Islam has to do with it. Both Turkey and IRI are opposing separatism. They would bomb these villages if they were any religion. Why do you bring in "Muslim" vs "Muslim".

You remember the same happened in the American Civil War. There were virtually no Muslims involved. But the Great Abraham Lincoln fought the Southerners with no less ferocity.

I am not going to debate IRI but how do you call Turkey a "failed state". By that definition there are few "non" failed states. Sir, nations do not approve of separatism. Be it USA with South; Spain with Basque or Turkey with Kurds. I put the blame on a per instance basis. In my opinion Kurdish rebels attacking Turkey are bringing a savage response. But they are just as much at fault. No one is "cheering" this. But the PKK should know better. Attack and you get a vicious response.

Murder of innocent muslims!

This is a campaign of mostly bombardment of kurdish villages by air. There is ample evidence that the vast majority of those killed on Kurdish side are unarmed civilians, women and children. So here we have two failed states, Islamist Iran and so called secular Turky living off the hand offs from US and Eu,  facing huge internal problems, bombing the innocent kurds under the pretext of fighting separatism, in order to divert attention from their own failures. 

Now why the murder of an innocent muslim kurdish child by islamist fascists is dismissed as a "collateral damage", whilst the shooting of Hamas terrorists is considered an insult to Islam, is the question I leave to those of you who cheer this act of genocide of our kurdish compatriots to answer. 

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Kurdish Separatists

Bring nothing but misery and pain for Kurds. Why do you think Turkey won't let them use Kurdish? Because they are worried about separatism. Real victims of separatists are their own people specially if they win.

I also agree that it is hypocritical to blame Israel and not Turkey. How would Turkey react if Israel sent a flotilla in support of Kurdish separatists. 

No nation will accept separatism; give it up.

Sorry for "collaterals" but ....

No country that respects itself would let killing of its soldiers go unpunished. So, Turkey has every right to respond.

@Simorgh, agree about double standards when it comes to Israel and Turkey.

Sen öldürmek tutulamaz!

'Thou Shall Not Kill' Prime Minister Erdogen. Isn't that what you told PM Netanyahu for killing pro-Palestinian Turkish activist on high seas?

Its not OK to kill Turks on the high sea but it is ok to cross over the border of a neighbouring country and clean out Kurdish Rebels? Who were these men? Were they armed or unarmed? Were they military combatants? How can we accept Turkey's version of events that these men posed a terrorist threat? The same probing questions which were asked about ISRAEL. 

Where is the condemnation from pro-Palestinian supporters? Why hasn't Aynak deciated a blog to this? Where is the ooutrage by the 'secular liberal' Disenchanted?

When Turks kill Kurds, when Turks kill Armenians, when Bashir kills Africans in Sudan  S I L E N C E  because the perpetrators are not JEWS.

Turkish forces 'kill 49 Kurdish rebels' (bbc)

Turkish forces 'kill 49 Kurdish rebels' (bbc)

Turkish forces have killed at least 49 Kurdish militants in two days during clashes near the Iraqi border, the country's military says.

The militants are thought to have been killed in the Kazan Valley region of Turkey's Hakkari province. There was no immediate confirmation from rebels.

Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels on Wednesday after 24 of its troops were killed near Iraq.

It was the deadliest toll against the Turkish military since the 1990s.

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