[a_Turk]

>> Irrelevant.

Hardly.

These things have a way of building up.

As far as leverage, that remains to be seen. We have a long way to go yet.

"Don't swing your legs before you mount the donkey."

[MadIvan]

As far as leverage, that remains to be seen. We have a long way to go yet.

Too late. Had you let the troops in, then there would be leverage. Now we have 70,000 Kurdish troops which can help open up the Northern front and will tear the Ba'athists to pieces, or we can "please" the Turkish government.

Anyone sensible will choose victory. I will take great pleasure in seeing the Kurds get their hands on Saddam's generals.

Ivan