Any number you choose, still means Iraq civilians were killed by the army. I know some like us, but a lot of them hate us because the army destroyed their country and killed them. Some Iraqies see us as invaders who distoryed ther country and killed people. They dicide to fight back.
The Kurds love us! In fact they love that we went into Iraq so much that they created their own country to the North, where there is little violence, and a high pro-American sentiment....
Yeah, and the occasional stoning to death of teenage girls....Originally Posted by USAF Pilot 07
The Kurds have been helpful to the US, but we'll see how Turkey and Iran feel a Greater Kurdistan in time....and what they'll do about it.
Tom
"Keep 'em Flying"
With a thriving economy and a relatively stable government, the Kurds are indeed the one bright spot in Iraq these days...
...except for the fact that their ultimate goal is to claim about HALF of what is now Turkey, as well as large swaths of Iran and Syria, as "Greater Kurdistan." The Kurdish government tolerates (if not enables) the PKK, a terrorist group which has been staging small but deadly attacks within Turkey for many years. Turkey has had enough, and over the past couple of weeks they've moved 50,000 troops to their border with Iraq, and are considering a cross-border offensive to remove the PKK militants from Kurdish territory. Our defense secretary Robert Gates has pleaded with Turkey not to launch any military action, but I'm not sure we have much control over the situation.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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