Reply #14: That makes sense. The Kurds should be on their own but that means that the Turks

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will show up and your scenario will emerge in some way.

There's probably some chance for a deal between the Kurds and Turkey if there was international pressure. The Turks want to be in the EU. Attacking the kurds might not be "cool" in the land of the mighty Euro. Be reasonable with the Kurds and you're in would be an incenteive.

The blood of all who died is on the hands of those who told the lies, from the White House to the Pentagon to the Judith Miller stories touted by the New York Times.

We need to do one positive thing, not to atone, that's for the Bush people, but because it makes a point - give these people the dignity of telling us to leave and then seeing us move out as per their wishes. The 1,000,000 are gone and that debt can't be repaid. The rest need some thing.

Randomly picked 100 Americans. Give them an intensive course on the situation and disabused any who still believe of the notion that there was 911 involvement there. I'll bet a large sum of money that they would overwhelmingly come to the conclusion of the OP, the one that's obviously intended. I have ZERO DOUBT.