To: Alter Kaker
It's not great.
What the Turks really want in Northern Iraq is dead Kurds and access to oil fields. They have proven to be unreliable allies, and I cannot think why US is bothering with them any more.
Frankly, I think we need to arm the Kurds bigtime. They are more reliable allies, they've bled with our troops, and they are less likely to stab us in the back.
13 posted on
10/06/2003 8:35:27 AM PDT by
Tilly
To: Tilly
What the Turks really want in Northern Iraq is dead Kurds and access to oil fields. The $8 Billion + loan we just gave Turkey is provisional, and based on the agreement that the do not enter the Kurdish-controlled zone.
14 posted on
10/06/2003 8:39:30 AM PDT by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: Tilly
Frankly, I think we need to arm the Kurds bigtime. They are more reliable allies, they've bled with our troops, and they are less likely to stab us in the back. But it does not mean that they cannot be stabbed in the back again.
41 posted on
10/07/2003 5:11:51 AM PDT by
A. Pole
("Is 87 billion dollars a great deal of money? Yes. Can our country afford it?" [Secretary Rumsfeld])
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