The world is going mad.... On the other side of the world from burning Baghdad, North Korea has accused the US of "preparing a pre-emptive strike on its nuclear facilities," using the campaign in Iraq as "cover." Also of concern are the estimated 1500 Turkish troops who have crossed into Northern Iraq where their historic enemy, the Kurds, are expected (by the US) to become autonomous. Unless US troops intervene, a war within a war may well develop. Even with intervention, "civil war" may be inevitable with one of the prizes that everyone wishes to grab being the Northern oil wells. Currently, Turkey's refusal to allow US troops to use Turkish land facilities has created "a vacuum" into which Turkish troops can move freely, which is undoubtedly a large part of why America was denied "land privileges."
Saturday, March 22, 2003
These are what Heinlein would call "the crazy years"
