Reply #3: PUK is a hardline terrorist group

[Michael_Bush]

And had been listed for years as one of the very worst out there. Lucky for us they mainly killed Turks.

The Kurds have been a thorn in everyones side for decades. The CIA had pistols made up to look like Turkish production and provided them to the Kurds in the '60s to kill the Russians. I am sure the Russians were arming somebody to kill us too.

The Iranians fought with the Kurds because they had a common enemy but the Iranians have no love for the Kurds either. The Turks of course despise them, remember all the politics surrounding our aborted drive South from Turkey?

This whole region has always been one of shifting alliances and betrayals. Colonial powers playing games and often being outwitted in the long run by locals. An entertaining read on the subject is The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk.