> From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > The CIA's covert war would involve arming and training Kurdish fighters > > in northern Iraq and Shi'ite forces in Kuwait. > > Oh goodie. The world just looks and does nothing while the Turkish > government is waging war against the Kurds in eastern Turkey, but now that > the Kurds could be used as soldiers in a war against Iraq, we are suddenly > friends with them again. Does the US government realise that if they supply > the Kurds with weapons to fight against Iraq, the Kurds will later on (after > the war) use those weapons against ally and NATO member Turkey? >
It's actually a better deal than say, Saddam making a Nuclear weapon in three or four years and detonating it in tehran, damascus, tel aviv, etc. > > > Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Turkey, all US allies neighbouring Iraq, > > expect to sustain significant economic and political damage from a > > new conflict. > > So this time, the US will be fighting without the support of the rest of the > world (except perhaps for Great Britain). Does the US government want to get > rid of Saddam Hussein so desperately that they are willing to risk increased > aggression against US targets worldwide? Because I predict that that is > exactly what will happen... Yes. The tradeoff is clear: perhaps thousands dead in increased 'agression' vs millions to tens of millions if Iraq goes unfettered.
