Dodgeblogium » Kurdistan crisis…hello EU?

Oct 21

Kurdistan crisis…hello EU?

The European Union is currently patting itself on the back for finally getting all the member states to agree to a new constitution, rather treaty, to replace all 250+ pages of the constitution that was unceremoniously shot down by the voters in two important member states.

There are all kinds of shots of foreign ministers, EU officials, and member states leaders clinking champagne and hugging each other because they have thrashed out a deal that keeps everyone happy. Of course, its more likely that everyone is unhappy about it in an equal amount but we will stick with their spin.

The trouble however is that while they prattle on and quaff champagne paid for by the taxpayers of the European Union (And that is mostly paid for by the UK, Germany and France who are the only net contributors.) there is a growing crisis happening on their extreme south-east border. The EU seem to be missing in action when it comes to the possible all out war that an aspirant EU-state Turkey, who is desperate to join, is about to cause in Kurdish areas of Asia Minor.

Where are the screams of protest and the desperate calls for negotiation coming from the EU ministers? Where is their new foreign minister in this whole thing? After all the EU is at great pains to claim that Turkey is a European state. There is much anger in Brussels over Germany and Frances continued opposition to Turkey joining the EU; from as far away as the UK.

Many of us suspect that this will be another case where the EU proves to be a toothless and weak tiger as it did with the Balkans. They talk a lot but are not able to handle something that is on their own doorstep and will have a great impact on the EU. After all, where do you think Kurdish refugees will head? They are hated almost as much as Jews are in the Muslim world for a variety of reasons. Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq have been trying to wipe them off the face of the earth for as long as they have been trying to drive Jews out of the region.

The EU needs to make it clear to Turkey that if they invade Kurdish areas of Iraq that they will never be let into the EU. Their membership application will be torn up and they will be permanently banned from the club they are so desperate to join.

The EU should for once try to do something useful, bury its anti-American hatred, and try to ensure that Asia Minor is not turned into a far larger war zone than it already is at the moment. It would be a great shame to see the most peaceful area of Iraq returned to a state of war.

Its the EUs time to put up or shut up.

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