[RitaOK]

Yes, it is VERY interesting, and rare, to find such men as these.

So, I wonder, would this Kurd defensive action mean something different in juxtaposition to the trapped “5000”, on the mountain, the “new” Pentagon number now reduced from 40,000? What is going on here? What is true?

Seems intellegence is certainly key in any case.

[Jack Black]

Yes, and the military sent in to assess say "They don't need any help". The take I read that makes sense is that Obongo needed a strong cover story to preempt the expected howls of outrage from his leftist base when he started inserting military back into Iraq.

I think now he sees that the pressure is all the other way. All the adults in the room, left and right, are saying, you can't ignore this. You can't have arbitrary rules, like "No Boots On the Ground". You gotta go fight it.