Regardless of the No- Fly zones the Kurds were slaughtered by Sadam and his goons. I fmemory serves me correctly Sadam attacked with tanks and it was no contest.
-----Original Message----- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:27 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Hitler Comparisons (was Re: sam, I am not saying a word) > It was March, 1991: > > http://home.cogeco.ca/~dbonni1/9-3-03-kurds-mark-anniversary-uprising.html Wow, from reading this it sounds like the Kurds bounced back very well. Also, the article mentions the following: "In the wake of the 1991 Gulf War that drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait, the Kurds launched a revolt - protected by U.S. and British air patrols - that created their autonomous enclave in northern Iraq." Now for those who may not know, I spent 4 years in the Navy and made two Med/Middle East cruises. I have friends that were shot at by Iraqis (both SAM and other aircraft) while we spent 10 years protecting the North and South No-Fly zones. Am I understanding the position correctly to say that we "let the Kurds down" by simply covering the no-fly zone and not sending in troops or are you saying that the No-Fly zone protection was incompetent or inefficent? Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142855 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
