Do you agree that the Turkish incursion in N. Iraq is only a show & most killed soldiers were died from cold?

Question

* I don't think that PKK members are crazy enoughto stay in that area in this freezy & snowy weather with their portable tool to stand against fighters & tanks!

* It is like committing suicide to to punnish & send soldiers to fight in this harsh freezy & thick snowy conditions, in a mountinous rough area with a tool kit weighing about 40kg (this weight was mentioned on the news yesterday).

* Most of Turkish soldiers killed had died from the harsh conditions & not by combatting the PKK members.more is expected to die this way (by freezing cold).

* Turkey is trying to show the Europeans that they fight in exceptional conditions, that no other country will bear ( this was mentioned on the daily Turkish news)!!!

* I believe the number of the PKK members died, which mentioned by the Turkish army is only an estimation & theoritical, as the army didn't show any PKK died bodies yet, even they (the turkish army) is in control & has the superiority in the field ( as i hear in Turkish news.

Answer 1

I have no idea!..

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Firstly, the PKK is designated as a terrorist organisation (I personally do not agree). However if you notice, recently they have been referred to as 'rebels'.

Secondly, Turkey cannot enter Iraqi territory to engage the PKK without first obtaining permission to do so from the Iraqi Government, if they (Turkey) cross the border, then this would be an unlawful act under International Law.

The unlawful invasion of Iraq by the allied forces is for the same reason.

As far as not wanting to "harm Iraq's territorial integrity" or to stake a claim to "Iraq's natural resources" I would point out to you that Turkey has occupied the northern part of Cyprus illegally against International Law since 1974.

The UN as far as I am aware is doing nothing.

Please remember that in 1920 at the end of the Ottoman Empire, the Kurdish people were promised a land of their own by international agreement, however that promise was reneged on.

The region that the Turks are invading is the semi autonomous region of Kurdistan.

Just a note..... show me a Turk and I will show you a liar.