[OldFriend]

My apologies if you were simply questioning and not accusing. There are geopolitical issues in that part of the world. Some on FR might be able to educate both of us.

[Carolina]

I'm going to look up Chris Hitchins past columns about the Kurds.

I was listening to Ken Hamblin at the beginning of the war and he characterized the Turkish position as that Kurds are terrorists. Not sure about the accuracy of that.

[Cordova Belle]

Yes, I'll look forward to Carolina's post, if she finds the article (See #1429.)

I'm at work, and really SHOULDN'T even be on FR at all today---I'll have to check in again to see if she found it.

I just have the feeling there is SO MUCH history (and bad blood) underlying all of this (no kdding---this IS Mesopotamia!) that none of us really understand---and THAT is going to make the work of establishing a stable post-war Iraq even MORE difficult. (Can't you just see the Dems using that as a campaign issue... If Iraq doesn't evolve into the perfect little democracy by November, 2004, the Dems will be blaming Bush non-stop.) {sigh}