Actually, it's courtesy of the Clinton Administration. One of the few good ideas that x42 had was keeping up the "no fly" zones in northern and southern Iraq. Consequently, the Kurds (with the help of some Green Berets) built up a pretty respectable local militia and ruled with de-facto autonomy from the early 90's on.
Actually, it's courtesy of the Clinton Administration. One of the few good ideas that x42 had was keeping up the "no fly" zones in northern and southern Iraq. Consequently, the Kurds (with the help of some Green Berets) built up a pretty respectable local militia and ruled with de-facto autonomy from the early 90's on.
I realize that many of us were "Clintonized" into believing that his expropriation of GOP ideas and themes was somehow Bill J's "political genius" at work, but I for one don't believe that Clinton's continuation of the Bush 41 "no fly zones" makes WJC the father of Kurdistan. Lest we forget, it was the pervert President's order to pull the CIA out of Kurdish Iraq that enabled Saddam to effectively neutralize Kurdish opposition to his rule. If you're going to practice revisionist history, you ought to pick history that's less well known (or read a little more).
Clinton didn't keep his predecessor's no fly zones because he wanted to do anything against Iraq - he just wouldn't dare veer from the status quo since the occasional incident with an antiaircraft installation gave him a chance to look tough with minimal political risk. All the while, he sat on the funding Congress allocated to the Iraqi resistance, which tells us more about his actual policy than maintaining someone else's policy ever would.