Kurdistan seeks India’s help in fight against Islamic State

[dani958]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...gainst-islamic-state/articleshow/53818799.cms

 

[Tamilnadu]

we should help them ,first and formost should be sending food and other basic things needed by the affected people there.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

That is one nation we MUST help.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

should be sending food and other basic things needed

From what I have seen they [Kurds] are infinitely better fed, better clothed then Indians. Maybe sending food to the homeless and destitute in India might be be better appreciated by the left leaning socialist PKK?

 

[dani958]

isreal support kurds too

 

[Tshering22]

we should help them ,first and foremost should be sending food and other basic things needed by the affected people there.

I agree for the humanitarian help but we have more pressing matters on our borders right now.

We shouldn't bite more than what we can chew.

Kurdistan is a situation created by US/NATO-sponsored fanatic groups and is an inter-ethnic war to benefit the neocon lunatics of US politics.

It is not like we can send 9th Para Unit to destroy their enemies overnight.

 

[A_Poster]

That is one nation we MUST help.

If I am not wrong, we have quite good relations with ex-baathists acting as military officers in IS. This is probably the reason why IS has not attacked us directly.

 

[ayesha.a]

we should help them ,first and formost should be sending food and other basic things needed by the affected people there.

That is one nation we MUST help.

And jeopardize our relations with Iran, Turkey and others?

As it always is in the middle east, alliances and allegiances are murky and weird. While the Kurds are the fiercest fighters against the ISIS, at least one NATO country consider them to be terrorists. While Iran has no love lost for ISIS, they are wary of Kurdish nationalism.

It is in our best interests to stay away from that quagmire.

 

[damm1t]

what kurdistan ?

 

[SarthakGanguly]

And jeopardize our relations with Iran, Turkey and others?

As it always is in the middle east, alliances and allegiances are murky and weird. While the Kurds are the fiercest fighters against the ISIS, at least one NATO country consider them to be terrorists. While Iran has no love lost for ISIS, they are wary of Kurdish nationalism.

It is in our best interests to stay away from that quagmire.

It is in India's interest to fight the Caliphate. Or at least help those who have the guts to do so. We should at least try to undo the mistake we did 1300 years ago.

If I am not wrong, we have quite good relations with ex-baathists acting as military officers in IS. This is probably the reason why IS has not attacked us directly.

Na. I don't think so. Baathists are tools now. They must have shed their inhibitions by this time. Grand strategy is decided by the Core Religious Council - I doubt if they make distinctions between one kafir and another.

 

[Tamilnadu]

From what I have seen they [Kurds] are infinitely better fed, better clothed then Indians. Maybe sending food to the homeless and destitute in India might be be better appreciated by the left leaning socialist PKK?

i was expecting some fanboy would come up with a post like first feed your hungry and then think of others,but certanly did not expect it from a think tank.opening and reading the link in the op will help.

 

[dani958]

isreal want kurds will have state

 

[ayesha.a]

It is in India's interest to fight the Caliphate. Or at least help those who have the guts to do so. We should at least try to undo the mistake we did 1300 years ago.

I'm not quite sure what you mean specifically, but I'm guessing it's some sort of a religious thing for you. If you want to look at it as a religion v/s religion thing, you are entitled to that - but it's ironic that over there, the Kurds are perhaps the only ones who do not look at it from a religious PoV, and instead from their nationalism.

You are trying to correct some historic grievance you have, and analyzing it over millennia, while events there happen in weeks or days. This is not a golden opportunity for you to right some historic wrong that you are smarting over - I'm pretty sure the policy makers in India are not deluded enough to believe so. This is a conflict between a hundred different tribes and factions, not a clash of civilizations or between well defined ideologies (caliphate v/s the west or Islam v/s Hinduism). These are several mini conflicts adding upto a major conflict, and this is how it has always been over there, and will be for a long time to come.

I have to say, the ISIS marketing gimmick is pretty good - having named themselves "Islamic state", they have managed to recruit a lot of people believing that they are fighting for Islam. And apparently, you have swallowed it too, and think that it is your big opportunity to fight against Islam. (That's what the "1300 year" reference means, right?)

 

[DrPuff]

i was expecting some fanboy would come up with a post like first feed your hungry and then think of others,but certanly did not expect it from a think tank.opening and reading the link in the op will help.

He wouldn't have said the same about Gaza guys..

 

[SarthakGanguly]

I'm not quite sure what you mean specifically, but I'm guessing it's some sort of a religious thing for you. If you want to look at it as a religion v/s religion thing, you are entitled to that - but it's ironic that over there, the Kurds are perhaps the only ones who do not look at it from a religious PoV, and instead from their nationalism.

You are trying to correct some historic grievance you have, and analyzing it over millennia, while events there happen in weeks or days. This is not a golden opportunity for you to right some historic wrong that you are smarting over - I'm pretty sure the policy makers in India are not deluded enough to believe so. This is a conflixt between a hundred different tribes and factions, not a clash of civilizations (caliphate v/s the west or Islam v/s Hinduism).

I have to say, the ISIS marketing gimmick is pretty good - having named themselves "Islamic state", they have managed to recruit a lot of people believing that they are fighting for Islam. And apparently, you have swallowed it too, and think that it is an opportunity to fight against Islam. (That's what the "1300 year" reference means, right?)

You are free to draw your inferences.

Best wishes to the Kurds. Bless Rojava.

In any case, I am sure India has pledged some support for the Kurds as well. Not unusual. We supported the NA in Afghanistan as well. But yeah - be free to draw your inferences as well.