The World Seems to Betray the Kurds Once Again

The Middle East is a very tough neighborhood.  Arabs hold disdain for Israel.  Muslims war with Jews.  Iran vows to wipe Israel off the map. Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims regard one another as infidels. Iran and Saudi Arabia are mortal enemies.  Violence reigns in places such as Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.  Christians, Muslims and Yazidis …

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Should the Kurds have an Independent State?

With all that is going on in the Middle East, little is heard or seen regarding the Kurds.  However, you may be interested to know that Kurds are set to vote today on a referendum for Kurdish independence. Some time ago, I addressed the growing idea that today's Kurds may be descendants of the Biblical …

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ISIS, Iraq, Kurds, and Medes

As the news comes in from the Middle East, I continue to be fascinated by ironies.  On a more sobering side, I have to ask myself, “Does anyone really understand all this!?!”  You see, on the one hand is fascination, while on the other is the reality that nothing seems to make sense!   For …

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