[lbo-talk] Iraq war "clearer" to Americans than WW 2

Ian Murray seamus2001 at attbi.com
Tue Apr 8 10:42:55 PDT 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "H. Curtiss Leung" <hncl at panix.com>


> If you want to be
> concerned about the Kurds, worry about what Turkey might do to them, not
> Iraq. In the beginning of the year, Turkey was making noises that it
had
> old treaties that gave them claim to Kirkuk. Guess where the Kurds
would
> like to establish a capital? Also, Turkey was going great guns putting
> down their own Kurdish population, but had quieted down. More than a
few
> people, little old me included, think this war will give them
opportunity
> to take up this ugly little hobby again. Does that meet your criterion
of
> caring about the peoples of the region? Or your criterion of having a
> positive antiwar message?
>
> --
> Curtiss

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The yearning for admission into the EU may temper Turkey somewhat on that score and clearly, the EU would need to constrain NATO's temptation to meddle even further on the issue.

Ian



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