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To: BigBull who wrote (27630)	4/28/2002 9:44:02 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi BigBull; Re: "You are forgetting the uprising of the Kurds and Shiias." (I had posted "No people on the planet have ever felt themselves to be "empowered" by having all night air raids conducted against their military forces.") Helping the Kurds is contrary to our good relations with Turkey. Turkish assistance would be imperative for an operation starting in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Consequently, this is a non starter. I would think that organizing a religious war between Shia and Sunni in Iraq would be beneath the morality of the United States, but more importantly, beyond our abilities. I really doubt that a predominantly secular / Christian country is going to be able to convince the Moslems to kill each other. But who knows, maybe it would work. But US military policy isn't based on hope. -- Carl