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Jumping ship
Ralph Peters (“the thinking man’s Tom Clancy”?) on Bush’s cynical, election-driven betrayal of the Kurds:
President Bush? If he betrays the Kurds, as he appears blithely ready to do, there is at least one vote he will not get in the next election.
Because international issues trump all others in this dangerous age, many of us have given Bush a pass on his greedy, polarizing domestic agenda as long as his foreign policy appeared effective, courageous and wise.
But selling out the Kurds would cancel every one of Bush's promises and successes. If the Democrats want traction against Bush's achievements abroad - which the president appears all too ready to sacrifice - the administration's abrupt, opportunistic disregard of Kurdish interests would be a good place to start.
Unfortunately, most of America doesn’t know Kurds from whey, and couldn’t care less…
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