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See, this is what kind of mess we're in....
Musharraf has assumed command. Funny, but it's going just like I thought: the deal with Bhutto seems primarily to be a deal with the Taliban. Don't believe me? Read the reports: you've got troops being moved into Waziristan, but then, being ordered not to attack, meanwhile, Musharraf is talking about "negotiations" while the tribal leaders are saying "We'd like to negotiate, where's musharraf?" and key people (all non-Taliban, natch) are dying. It makes no sense whatsoever, unless Musharraf has a deal through Bhutto with the Taliban.
Strangely, you'll note that neither America nor India is complaining.
Meanwhile, you've got Turkey sorting out Sorties against Kurdistan, and the US congress declaring that Turkey's responsible for genocide....fifty years ago. Meanwhile, Iran is defending against Kurd attacks in Iran, and we're declaring the Republican Gaurd a terrorist organization.
Starting to see the deck of cards for what it is?
This might help: if we support the Kurds, we'll lose Iran, and Turkey. If we lose Turkey, we lose our main supply route in Iraq. if we lose Iran, we're set up for them to get into a war with both us, and Iraq. If that war happens, It's very likely it'll become a multi-national battle, stretching from Turkey to India. If we give up the Kurds, they'll be overtaken by the Turks and Persian, most likely to be oppressed and their resources taken. But, the southern part of Iraq will be peaceful, but Afghanistan to Pakistan might just turn on us.
In other words, we're looking at conflict any way we turn. This is why it's called a quagmire, folks.
The ONLY route I could see, from the beginning was to side with Moderate muslims, from the Students in Iran to Sharif in pakistan to the turks. This would still mean turning our heads to some truly obscene violations of human rights (the Kurds are pretty much screwed) but it might just keep us from destroying ourselves over there.
It just baffles me how anyone thinks we're going to get out of this with any less damage than that.....
