Kurds a nation?

During British rule of the Middle East, why weren't there considerations of carving out a separate Kurdish nation (ie from areas of Iraq and Syria especially)?  I understand they had no control of Kurds in Turkey, but in the Arab lands they could have created one.  Those people (Kurds) are a significant minority in all these countries.  In Iran, they are also numerous, but the Persians are a kin to them (linguistic).

Yes, carving out nations has nothing to do with fairness, in any given time period. Besides, it's practically impossible to provide every world ethnos with an independent nation; that's why multi-culti is a better choice in 21st century. Lamentably, it's a hard ideal to come close to, let alone to get to work well.

Otherwise, yes, in my book the Kurds are a separate ethnos, a nation if not in political, at least in the cultural sense of the word.


Edited by Don Quixote - 14-Nov-2012 at 13:58