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To: LindyBill who wrote (31920)	6/9/2002 2:12:29 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) of 281500

It sounds like the Iraqi Kurds are actually interested in participating in united Iraq, if we should believe the noises some of their leaders make. They would be smart going that route, the Turks could buy that. No one is going to buy a Kurdistan. They should know better than that by now. :) Afghanistan's model won't fly in Iraq because the Revolutionary Guard isn't a bunch of tribals. The Taliban were a bunch of tribals. The Afghan way of war was pretty much feudal. Once the Talibs started tasting real war, courtesy of the US Navy and Air Force, they hoofed it double time into the hills. We try that with the Kurds, and we won't have to worry about a Kurdistan, because there won't be any more Kurds! :P The Kurds would be good for behind the lines guerrilla warfare leading up to a massive US assault. Sabotage stuff, intelligence gathering, target spotting, that sort of thing. That's my opinion. Derek

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