[JohnBovenmyer]

However the Turks had screwed the Kurds first by refusing to permit of our land forces entry and thus any northern attack. Kind of hard to provide support would be allies from the far side of a sizable country you’re fighting. Given the state of Turkish-Kurd relations the Turks were probably pleased with the results.

[mkjessup]

However the Turks had screwed the Kurds first by refusing to permit of our land forces entry and thus any northern attack. Kind of hard to provide support would be allies from the far side of a sizable country you’re fighting. Given the state of Turkish-Kurd relations the Turks were probably pleased with the results.

Hindsight is always 20/20. The fact remains that thousands of Kurds were murdered by Saddam, and when the U.S. had the means to prevent that, Bush Senior did nothing except drop supplies literally on top of the Kurds, killing some more.

That's nothing to be proud of.