Quote Originally Posted by Crandar View Post
Iraqi and Syrian Kurds hate each other and with a very good reason. Peshmerga is an undemocratic, conservative force happy with the status quo, which is why Turkey cooperates with them, while YPG/PKK are the last remnant of 20th century leftist partisans. Their ideology is simply incompatible.
That's partly true, but more to the point is the fact that "Kurds" in Iraq and Syria have long-standing cultural and linguistic divergences between them, and the current distribution of Turkish and Iraqi forces in the north of the countries makes unification even more impossible than in the past. What's not outside possibility is an independent Iraqi Kurdistan declared within the next few years, and NATO persuading Turkey that recognizing it would be in Turkish interests. It would depend on the situation between Syria, Iraq, and Iran by the cessation of major hostilities.