2/19 Question to all the motd guys who think we should pull out of Iraq
ASAP, what do you think we should do about Kurdistan?
\_ Of two minds on this. If we're going to continue the policy of
letting the Turks bomb the PKK, we might as well just pull out.
If not, then finding a replacement UN force to sit in Kurdistan
should be a greater priority than finding the same for Baghdad.
\_ Huh? It seemed to me that the Kurdistan govt. had more-or-less
agreed to the PKK bombing. Allowing that and allowing full-
scale invasion (what would probably happen if we leave, from
1 enemy or another) seem totally different to me.
\_ Hence the call for a UN force to sit in Kurdistan and
prevent Turkey from annexing it.
\_ How do you figure a UN force is capable of any such thing?
When Turkey moves 50k guys into the region, the 500 UN
guys are going to do what exactly?
\_ Document it. Maybe. The UN is powerless and
ineffective and probably should be dissolved.
\_ Provide an International Consensus authorizing the US
to move in to protect Kurdistan, thereby paving a
legitimate basis for establishing a base in
the then-viable independent Kurdistan. It's a win-win:
we get our base, the Kurds get their state, and the
world loves us.
\_ Let the Invisible Hand take care of it. |
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