Unless we’re now cheering for ethnostates This is a misuse of the term. Even the Syrian Kurds don’t want independence, rather just autonomy as part of a multi

Unless we’re now cheering for ethnostates This is a misuse of the term. Even the Syrian Kurds don’t want independence, rather just autonomy as part of a multiethnic Northern region. Doesn't have to be full-scale independence. I think "stable, legal regional autonomy" was probably included in what the commenter meant by "their own land". As opposed to the halfway / fully isolated / unstable situation they've had up until now.