Although fighting between Turkish security forces and PKK militants is nowhere near the scale of the 1980s and 90s – which accounted for the loss of more than 30,000 mostly Turkish Kurdish lives- at least 15 Turkish police officers have died in clashes. The PKK’s sister party in Iran, the Kurdistan Free Life Party (Pejak), has stepped up activities against security targets in Kurdish regions. Yesterday, Kurdish media said eight Iranian troops were killed. 

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Frustrated by the reluctance of the US and the government in Baghdad to crack down on the PKK bases inside Iraq, Turkish generals have hinted they are considering a large-scale military operation across the border. They are said to be sharing intelligence about Kurdish rebel movements with their Iranian counterparts.

“We would not hesitate to take every kind of measures when our security is at stake,” Abdullah Gul, the Turkish foreign minister, said last week. ~The Guardian

I assume that we will be bombarded by numerous articles and television appearances by pundits declaring Turkey and Iran’s right to defend themselves against terrorism and we will hear a lot of complaints about the “Kurdish state within a state,” right?  Isn’t it obvious that their war is our war?  In fact, I think we might be on the verge of WWVI against the united forces of “Kurdish fascism.”  We certainly have to keep an eye on the Kurds’ state sponsors and the forces occupying Iraq.  What choice will Iran have but to bombard Baghdad for allowing this sort of thing to go on in their own country?  I mean, the Iraqis even have a Kurdish president, so that must mean Iraq is responsible for everything that is happening.  Really, if you think about it, this is a golden opportunity for the region.