Arm them well with US gear and nobody will try anything.
Perhaps it's time we stop making decisions based on how it benefits us when those decisions affect millions of lives around the world.
Yes and I apologize. I should probably edit that.Redworm, that is a BIG pile of bait ya put out there.
But this is sort of my point. If someone is always going to be irritated with what we do then maybe we should stop doing things in other folk's back yards.They can be irritated. SOMEBODY is always irritated no matter what we do.
If it's good for them, great. But We need to worry about how everyone else is going to feel about it as well because if the other guys don't like it very much they'll just get even more pissed of at us.Actually, I could care less how it benefits us. More important is how it benefits the Kurds. They've gotten the raw end a few times, and yet still seem more than willing to accept our help, and would in fact appreciate it. Or so it seemed to me, having spent time in both a majority Sunni Arab region and a largely Kurdish region.
Anyone know our contingency plan for a Turkish invasion of Northern Iraq?
What do the Turks have on Bush? He falls all over himself to make them happy while they threaten to invade US-occupied Iraq. I know they have been our friends since the end of WW2, but we are going to have to stand up to them at some point.
What would we lose by irritating Turkey right now? They are already hopping mad over the weird genocide bill, why not stand up for the Kurds while there is no good-will between our nations to spoil?