January 14, 2007

Kurd Sell-Out Watch?

Jeff Weintraub is right to write that my tone was off in this earlier post. It's just that I'm tired of maximalist agendas, whether on the Potomac, in Kurdistan, in Ankara, in Baghdad, in Teheran, and on and on. Thus the frustration. Words like "petrified" and such were inappopriate, however, in that they sounded somewhat heartless and/or overly cavalier. Apologies. This said, do note I still don't think a large-scale basing of U.S. troops in Kurdistan, unless perhaps coordinated in exacting detail with the Turks (and simultaneously in a manner that doesn't alienate Talabani and Barzani, quite a tall order), would end up proving sound policy.

Posted by Gregory at January 14, 2007 05:09 AM
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doesn't have to be a large scale basing to be a significant basing - and there will be a basing. The US ain't leaving Iraq, or the country formerly know as Iraq: of all the bad bets out there concerning Babylon, us staying there, whatever there ends up being, seems a safe bet.

Posted by: saintsimon at January 14, 2007 11:52 AM | Permalink to this comment Permalink
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