Article

2003-01-31 Axis of Evil

U.S. troops are welcome in Kurdish-controlled region

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Steve 2003-01-31 11:53 am|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Amen to your final comment! I hope this consideration does not fall through the cracks of operational plannlng.

Posted by Rifle308 2003-01-31 10:31:31|| 2003-01-31 10:31:31|| Front Page Top

#2 As war looms, let's not forget what the Turks did to the Armenians and the Greeks between 1915 and 1922: they exterminated nearly 2 million people in total to meet the genocidal criteria of "New Turkey." They won't hesitate to do the same to the Kurds in northern Iraq, whom they see as a potential "destabilizing" threat. Under no circumstances this should be allowed to occur while U.S. troops are around. I am well aware of the strategic stakes involved, but the U.S. must not involve itself, even tacitly, to massive ethnic cleansing to accomodate our "friends," the Turkish generals. Let's not make Iraq a bigger, bloody mess than what it already is... If we allow the Turks to put the Kurds to the sword, we won't be all that far from Saddam's own "philosophy" of criminal power... The U.S. MUST NOT tolerate massacres.

Posted by Marvin 2003-01-31 11:01:23|| 2003-01-31 11:01:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Kurds are our allies today. However, they have a history too. Part of that history includes persecution of the Assyrian Christian minority in their territory. Nothwithstanding this, the Kurds deserve nationhood far, far more than do the Palestinians. I'm told they would be happy with a federated state within the reformed Iraq nation.

Posted by mhw 2003-01-31 12:51:03|| 2003-01-31 12:51:03|| Front Page Top

#4 And let's not forget what the Turks did to Cyprus in 1974. They invaded, killed thousands, pushed 250,000 Greek Cypriots out of their homeland, and still occupy nearly 40 percent of the island. If we have such "allies," our enemies look paler by the day!!

Posted by Brandon D. 2003-01-31 13:16:00|| 2003-01-31 13:16:00|| Front Page Top

#5 They have reason to be nervous: The Merkins led them on, then left them out to dry after GW I. I will be highly annoyed if we let these people get shafted again.

Posted by Ptah 2003-01-31 20:16:38|| 2003-01-31 20:16:38|| Front Page Top

23:06 Tresho
21:54 seafarious
21:13 Bomb-a-rama
21:01 Tokyo Taro
20:51 Ptah
20:44 Ptah
20:35 Ptah
20:30 Alaska Paul
20:16 Ptah
20:13 Ptah
20:09 Ptah
20:05 Ptah
20:05 Ptah
20:01 Ptah
20:00 Bobbing4Kittens
19:57 Ptah
19:56 Ptah
19:13 Fred
18:37 Anonymous
18:22 Anonymous
18:20 Anonymous
18:06 Old Grouch
17:52 Old Grouch
16:38 Frank G