[okie01]

The Kurds might disagree with that assessment. Poppy Bush sold their asses down the river after encouraging them to rise up against Saddam,

Wrong sect. It was the Shi'ites who were encouraged to rebel, then abandoned.

[mkjessup]

Wrong sect. It was the Shi'ites who were encouraged to rebel, then abandoned.

It was Poppy Bush who encouraged Iraqi dissident factions to "take matters into their own hands" and to rise up against Saddam, he didn't point at the Shi'ites and say "only you guys, not the Kurds". By failing to overthrow Saddam in '91, massive numbers of Kurds were killed or forced to flee into Turkey. No matter how you slice it, Bush I allowed Saddam to escape with most of his infamous 'Republican Guard' intact and the years following were a demonstration of what happens when dictators are let off the hook and allowed to rebuild.