就像西班牙不是加泰罗尼亚的占领国一样，西方并不将试图阻止库尔德独立的土耳其、伊拉克、叙利亚和伊朗视为真正的殖民国家。
Just as Spain is not an occupying power in Catalonia, the West does not regard the countries seeking to prevent Kurdish independence – Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran – as true colonial powers.