[mburbank]

Kurds are Iraqis because of where the british partition drew lines.

If what you meant was people are people, I have no quarell there.

I'm actually too heartsick to argue much over this. I don't even know what to post.

The show version of diplomacy, which has always boiled down to "agree to what we're going to do" is over, the troops are in place and we intend to use them with or without support which was always the game plan. A lot of people are going to die, a lot of people will lose loved ones and my tax money is going to help pay for it.

Believe me, I'm praying. But I'm not praying for 'swift victory'. I'm praying for divine intervention. Swift victory is like praying for "Please, God, just let the other guys die."