[jim_trent]

I say, good deal. The Kurds seem to be the only Arabs (Muslims?) who can govern themselves without returning to savage tribalism. The only question I have is: How did they get to be the "Jews" of the Arab world, with all the other Arabs wanting to kill them? From what I have read, they seem to have many desirable traits.

[BenLurkin]

Mao may have been right: Power does indeed come from the barrel of a gun.

No guns = no freedom.

[LaraCroft]

I almost crashed my car tonight when I heard a reporter saying "The US wants to take away their guns, leaving them to the mercy of criminals"

DUH?

[Centurion2000]

The directive would allow ordinary Iraqis to retain a substantial amount of arms, including pistols, rifles and shotguns, but would ban AK-47 automatic assault rifles, machine guns, mortars, grenades and heavier weapons such as artillery, anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles.

If they enforce this, we just lost Iraq.