![]() I am originally Georgian like most of my home city where no Kurds live. Also I see my home city in the Kurdistan state. First of all, it shows every strong state in the region is loosing territory. I tried to look at this map as a neutral world citizen like it is a demographical ethnic map, even-tough I am Turkish. What do you think of the this proposed plan? Good idea? Awful idea? Leave your comments below: Looking for Trouble: Adventures in a Broken World.Lines of Fire: A Renegade Writes on Strategy, Intelligence, and Security.If you’d like to read more of Ralph Peter’s work have a look at: Keep in mind this map is nearly 10 years old and does not reflect recent developments such as the Arab spring, Yemen civil war or rise of Islamic State. It now lies almost entirely east of the Indus.įor a complete explanation why these changes are proposed you should read the original article here. Pakistan: Loses territory to both Free Baluchistan and Afghanistan.Afghanistan: Loses land to Iran in the west but gains land from Pakistan in the east.Free Baluchistan: New state for the Baluch people to be carved from Pakistan and Iran.The goal is to make Iran even more Persian. Iran: Loses land to Kurdistan, Arab Shia State, Azerbaijan and Free Baluchistan but gains territory from Afghanistan.Kuwait and Oman would retain their current borders.UAE: Loses territory to Arab Shia State, although Dubai likely to remain an independent playground for the rich.Saudi Arabia: Loses territory to Jordan, Arab Shia State, Yemen and the Islamic Sacred State.Islamic Sacred State: A new state that would act as an Islamic Vatican carved from Saudi Arabia.Arab Shia State: Another sucssor state to Iraq, would house Iraq’s current Shia population along with gaining territory from Iran.Sunni Iraq: One of three successor states to Iraq, this one would obviously be primarily Sunni.Greater Jordan: gains territory at Saudi expense.Greater Lebanon: a reborn Phoenecia that also gains territory at the expense of Syria.Free Kurdistan: New state created for the Kurds.Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq All lose territory to create a Free Kurdistan.Israel: Returns to its pre-1967 borders.The map would make sweeping changes throughout the region such as: It was original published in the Armed Forces journal in an article titled Blood borders: How a better Middle East would look. The map above is a 2006 proposed plan to redrawn the borders of the Middle East by Ralph Peters, a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel, author, and Fox News commentator. Map created by Ralph Peters and originally published in the Armed Forces Journal, via wikimedia
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