Hitch on Hardball

[Dennis Perrin]

> As I understand it the Kurds are already fighting Hussein. And the reason
> they are better off than they once were - and better off than the
> Palestinians - is the American and British military. Am I missing
> something?
>
> Peter

But what is the end game here, Peter? The Turks have made it plain that they
will not abide a Kurdish state, and will attack and destroy any independent
Kurdistan. Will the US/Brits attack the Turks in return? How devoted is Bush
to Kurdish freedom?

In addition to that rather sticky problem, a "democratic" Iraq may very well
mean a Shia-run government; they are the majority, after all. And we saw in
the brief uprising in 1991 what the Shias think of the Sunnis -- house to
house slaughter, women and children included. Then there's the proposition
that Tommy Franks run the whole show for a while. Is that acceptable to you
and Hitch?

DP