This morning, the Turkish parliament overwhelmingly approved a cross-border offensive against the Kurds in northern Iraq.

The Kurdistan region of Iraq is, by all accounts, considering the safest area in all of Iraq. It also happens to be where most of the oil reserves are located. Turkey, which says that they are fighting Kurdish rebels, feels that they are the true owners of the Kurdish region of Iraq and the vast oil fields. They have threatened the Kurdish people for years, saying that if they ever become an independent state, they'd attack them. Now, seems to be that time.

The Kurdistan Workers Party, which Turkey considers a terrorist organization, supports an independent Kurdistan. Since the Iraq War began, Kurdistan has been controlled by the KWP and has been relatively peaceful. Their main fighting has happened along the Turkey border with the Turkish Army.

Welcome to World War IV........