The 1-2 Punch

[Lacmeh]

David, which Muslim nations are actively participiating in the impending war with Iraq? (Hint participating means actual preparation for invading Iraq not allowing Us troops to it from their land)?
The Kurds getting freer? Yeah except that Turkey goes over the borders as many times as tey feel like it.
How do you know,t hat the people will be more free? The highest probability would be instead of a secular dictatorship a religious dictatorship. They would gain some freedoms but lose others.

 

[ACougar]

Either way I think the United States has to make a move one way or the other soon. We can stand down or we can give Sadam the boot, take our punches and then spend a few hundred billion making Iraq a better place. Personaly I'd prefer to see the few hundred billion spent here, but that's just me. What really bothers me is the thought that this might all just drag on indefinately with nothing really changing, meanwhile were spending money hand over fist while our economy goes from bad to worse.

 

[webboffin]

UK are in it too

 

[Morat]

The Kurds aren't getting anything but the shaft. Of course, it might have been a good idea for the White House to make sure it had the votes, before selling the Kurds out.

If we get the Turkey bases, life will be very fun in Northern Iraq when the war starts.

The Kurds have promsied to turn their weapons on the Turkish soldiers, and I can't see Iran staying out of it.

Leave's out generals with something of a problem. Invasion without the Turkish bases is considerably problematic (we wouldn't still be hanging out there, hoping, if not using Turkey was viable. Airlift, of course, is out of the question). But, to get access to these bases we really need, we have to front 30 billion, and sell out the Kurds.

So our generals have to either fight without the northern bases (which sucks), or (assuming Turkey can pass it) fight with them, but have to worry about the Kurds and Turks fighting, with Iran stepping in to help out.

It's hard to keep your supply lines open with a three-way fight going on right on top of them.