Mahnmut

Yesterday, the long awaited day came. The US troops were withdrawn from Iraq (now officially, after de facto doing it a week or so in advance). Everybody is home! Hooray! Victory!

Oh wait... Except, they're not. But still, Iraq is now a democracy, fully capable of taking care of itself. Right? Um, okay maybe not. Yet. Patience, folks. Mishun will be akomplish'd sooner or later. At some point in the future.

I'm not a military expert, but I hope I'm allowed to drop my 2 cents on the subject? I am? Thanks.

( We won this thing! Or did we? )
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PRESS DIGEST - Turkey - Oct 22
These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Kurd raid fuels rage in Turkey
Kurdish rebels attack Turkish army patrol


You might be asking yourself who's orchestrating the escalation of this crisis, and why exactly now. After all, the Kurds have Northern Iraq. It seems it's against their interests to attack Turkey right now, especially in the light of the strained diplomatic relations between Turkey and US, which makes things even more complicated for the Kurds. Then, who? And why?

Al Qaeda, you'd say. But the truth is much more complicated.