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Rand Paul reiterates he’s with Kurdistan independence

Waar, Duhok: 23 May 2015 – US senator and 2016 presidential candidate said that if Baghdad fell into IS hands, the Kurds had to be armed “to a much greater extent” and the Kurds had to be recognized as a nation. In an interview with the CNN, Rand Paul said Sunnis were needed in the Iraqi government if Iraqis and the US wanted to have “lasting peace”. ” What we got is a government that is almost entirely Shi’ite, aligned with Iran, and the Sunnis feel left out. It is also why Americans or Shi’ites can retake the cities, but we can’t ultimately have a lasting peace unless the Sunnis are involved. ” Asked “What would you do if Baghdad were in danger of falling [into IS hands]?” he said: “Right now, air support, but the one thing I would be doing in addition to that would be arming the Kurds. To a much greater extent then we have been. And to recognize the Kurds as a nation.” www.mesop.de