A NOTED HAWK GETS READY TO BAIL. Noted hawk Ralph Peters is very, very angry — as well he should be:
JUDAS drove a hard bargain compared to President Bush. At least the great betrayer got 30 pieces of silver. All Bush is going to get for delivering the Kurds unto their enemies will be 10,000 Turkish troops – who will act solely in Ankara’s interests, not in the interests of Washington or the people of Iraq.
Bush’s desire for Turkish forces is craven. Hoping to reduce U.S. troop commitments as an election looms,… [The Light of Reason]
This is hardly surprising. It’s been obvious from the beginning that the one thing that was absolutely certain about the conquest of Iraq was that the Kurds would lose the freedom they’d gained after the Gulf War.
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