Wolfgang, you are right. I DID use the word "unfortunate". Would you have prefered " a tragic travesty"? That is what I believe the treatment of the Kurds TODAY to be, both by Turkey and Iraq.
The implication seems to be that the US should do something about it. Why should the US bear the burden. Why shouldn't Britain, or Germany, or France. or Egypt take the lead in trying to settle the problem.
America seems to have been given the job of being the worlds policeman; go take care of this problem; no! you were too rough, you went too far, you didn't go far enough.
If you don't like the way the job is being done, let someone else try it for a while.
With regard to the story about Saddam's nukes, apparently the defector provided enough verifiable data to convince the de-briefers that he was telling the truth.

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