[Ragtime Cowgirl]

say again, why don't we want the kurds to get there first?

Heh. I think it has more to do with the Turks and awkward diplomacy than that "bloodbath" / "Kurds wiping out the bad guys" thing.

[oceanview]

I'll take the bloodbath, large casualties amongst the persons willing to fight will help avoid the kinds of things happening in baghdad now with these foreign fighters against our troops.