I posted an article last night that said there are at 10,000 Iraq exiles waiting to come in from Iran to fight Saddam. There is a force of 60,000 Kurds waiting to fight, but Turkey doesn't want them to fight. The US is afraid that a faction will get the upper hand and we should be a buffer and then hand everything over. At this point we need to bring them in, give them air-support and some assistance and pullout most of our troops.
By going to the UN, we lost our timing and set the world community in position to undermine any effort. So now it is time to change our strategy. The option to pull out could mean disaster, in Korea, Afganistan, for the Kurds, the Palestinians. The Palestinians, because if we lose, Israel may be threatened enough to destroy Nablus, Gaza, etc. And if you talk about tactical errors, Israel almost has to make that move for their defense. |