Comments on: Kurds Desire Long Term U.S. Presence http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/12/20/kurds-desire-long-term-us-presence/ News & Commentary on Warfare, Policy and Counterterrorism Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dominique R. Poirier http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/12/20/kurds-desire-long-term-us-presence/#comment-24335 Dominique R. Poirier Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:46:28 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/12/20/kurds-desire-long-term-us-presence/#comment-24335 I hold — and I suspect many still miss to keep it in mind — that the historical commitment to the values of universal peace and stability and national interest of the United States and the understandable divergence of opinions between U.S. Conservatives and Liberals are two different things. Read not the Times. Read George F. Kennan, again. I hold — and I suspect many still miss to keep it in mind — that the historical commitment to the values of universal peace and stability and national interest of the United States and the understandable divergence of opinions between U.S. Conservatives and Liberals are two different things.

Read not the Times. Read George F. Kennan, again.

]]> By: Brian H http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/12/20/kurds-desire-long-term-us-presence/#comment-24334 Brian H Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:54:23 +0000 http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/12/20/kurds-desire-long-term-us-presence/#comment-24334 Heh. Define "permanent". If they're for the indefinite future, depending on needs and developments, that's all the "permanent" there is, anyway. I suspect, and I suspect the IG suspects, that the sensitivities of the current crop of sectarians will be a lot less important after the 2009 election does some house-cleaning. Heh. Define “permanent”. If they’re for the indefinite future, depending on needs and developments, that’s all the “permanent” there is, anyway.

I suspect, and I suspect the IG suspects, that the sensitivities of the current crop of sectarians will be a lot less important after the 2009 election does some house-cleaning.

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