Kurdling

We need this like another hole in the head.

Incursions into Iraqi sovereign territory - ostensibly Kurdish controlled - by the Turkish military may not seem so important but, the neocon agenda has always relied upon agitating for chaos in the region as a means to an end. To what end I have no idea, so this kind of provocation by the PKK, although easily suppressed if the political will was manifest, will likely continue until another unnecessary conflict erupts.

The quicker we abandon the failed neocon doctrines embedded in our political thought processes the better.

Turkey has been very pragmatic towards western goals in the region, we should be protective of the few old friends we have left and be exerting pressure instead on our new found friends, who without us, would not be enjoying the benefits that come with self-determination.