[George W. Bush]

No one is going to tolerate the creation of a Kurdistan. We'll do to them what we're doing to Turkey now but with even less effort. We won't even have to do more than lift the phone and make a few phone calls, one to Turkey, one to Iran, one to the new central government of Iraq.

THERE WILL BE NO KURDISTAN!

As far as Iran, we must engage with them in order to utilize the British intel and diplomatic assets and to exploit the restless element among Iranian young people to throw off the dead hand of the mullahs. The result will be a return to something like a parliamentary demoncracy. Perhaps a little better situation than what Turkey currently has. At any rate, it couldn't be worse. And we have to do something about their nuke program no matter what. That cannot be tolerated in the oil patch except for Israel's arsenal.

[Golden Gate]

Evening Invite to Visit & Please Comment.   Later, I plan to do a summary of the posts.