Exode (des Kurdes d'Irak) - Institut kurde de Paris

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Foreign Affairs
LESLIE H.'GELB
White House Guilt?
I've been trying to figure out Presi- dered. In effect, he signaled Iraqi
dent Bush's responsibility for the forees that they were free to use full
present human misery in Iraq - and power against the rebels.
to better understand the mind' of this Why did he make such a mistake?
man who is defining the new world Because he didn't want to see Iraq
,order. Bear with me. split apart and become a perpe,tual
Does the plight of the Kurds and killing field like Lebanon - and also
'others mean Mr. Bush was wrong 'to like Lebanon, a carcass inviting outfight
the war? ' siders to' feast. And theSe concerns:
No. Saddam Hussein's Iraq repre- were on target.
sented a clear and immediate danger He also didn't, want the U.S. t~,
to the entire Mideast and to all states become' embroiled, in a civil war.
dependent on oil. IraSl's conquest of ,Again, wise caution.
Kuwait had to be reversed, and Sad- But' In thinking his only choletl:
dam's military power to threaten his' . were full military intervention an I .
,'neighbors destroyed. 'inaction; he erred badly. He had a
, Mr. Bush did this. Anel he demon- 'third choice - U.S. air power wlthot1t
.,strated great personal skill and deter- ground involvement. That would have
,mination in assembling' U.N. support slowed down Saddam appreciably,
,and a collective military response. , and given .~r. Bush more time to'
, Was Mr. Bush wrong to encourage plan, something he neglected to do
, rebellion against Saddam? almost entirely about postwar Iraq.
No. Any President would have done ' Why dl~'t Mr. Bush ~ct quickly
that to undermine Saddam. In any to Saddam's sla~r of the Kurds?
:event, the war itself, was bound to There's no reassuring answer.
•spark rebeUions among Kurds and
"ShUtes who have suffered so long
under his tyranny.
, Maybe Mr. Bush went further and
secretly led the Kurds tobelieve he
would arm and protect them. If so, he
misled. them irresponsibly.
Should Mr. Bush have continued the
war until Saddam was overthrown and
his miUtary power shattered?
Perhaps. But that's not Monday or
The balance
sheeton
Iraq.
Tuesday morning quarterbacking; GeOrge Bush is forever putting power,
it's Wednesday's second-guessing. A polities above concerns for the lives
mon~ ago, virtually everyone want- and rights of people. That's why he
ed,tp stop the war rlghtaway. Almost pulled his punches in coßdemning the
,everyone argued. that it would be in-killings in Tiananmen Square and the
humane for Americans to engage in a Baltic states. Similarly, his committurkey
shoot against fleeing Iraqi soldiers.
Almost everyone maintained
ment to keeping' Iraq whole blinds him
to human costs. '
that the U.N. mandate did not extend George Bush watched as Baghdad
to eliminating Saddam. butchered its people. The shock and
, Even if Mr. Bush had fought on horror caused all to weep. But George,
against all advice, it's not clear what Bush went fishing. The tragic Kurdish
he would bave accomplished. Most of exodus prompted many to demand'
, Saddam's forces were well outside immediate humanitarian relief. But at
the battle area. Mr.Bush could not first GeorgJ! Bush could not even utter
have destroyed them and saved the words of compassion. The world pleadrebels
without invading all Iraq. And ed with Washington to warn Saddam'
my guess is that short of capturing to stop. But 'until days ago, George
Baghdad, he could not have removed Bush rejected this as intervention in
Saddam from power.
In retrospect, full invasion seems an
the internal affairs of another state.
What does all this say of Mr. Bush?
.easy and inviting course. But no ally He sometimes bows toward justice
would have joined us in such a venture and people concerns, as in his speech
at the time, and for,good reasons.' yesterday on the new world order. But
Did Mr. Bush, nonetheless, make a he is clearly uncomfortable with such
mistake in not shooting down Iraqi ideas. Thus far, he remains a master
aircraft and helicopters? of the old game of power politics _
Absolutely. Iraqi-American truce and a man insensitive to and out of
,ten~s called for their grounding. By place in the new world his own aclions
lettmg them fly after he promisedto are helpingto.creatE! 0
knock t,hem froll) the sky, be bl~n-.::
THE NEWYOJRK TIMES
Apr ':,:":r :', ';-;:I
Groups TakJlng
Aid for the K'urds
American" Friimds SerVl~ .;:Ommitlee,
1501 Cherry Street. P" ;,adelphla, Pa.
, 19102
American Je\' :,"' Joint DIstribution
Committee' )en Mailbox for Kurdish
Refugees, ill Third Avenue. 10th
Floor, Ne,' Y"rk. N,Y.IOG17
American "e\llsh World sen/lee, 1290
Avenue I the Americas, New York,
N.Y.
',' .' :lin Red Cross, Box 37243, Wash.
"";è;on, D.C. 20013
" "merlCarea, 161 Cherry Street, New Ca.'
" nailn, Conn. 06840
American Near East Rèfugee Aid, 1522 K
Street, N.W., Suite 202, Washington"
b.C.20005
'
CARE. 660 First Avenue, New York, N.Y.
10016
Catholic Medical Mission Board, Inc., 10
West 17th Street, New York, N.Y.
10011.5765. ,
Catholic Rellel Services, 209 W, Fayette
Street, Baltimore, Md. 21201
Christian Children's Fund, 203 East Cary:
Street, Richmond, Va. 23251
, Church World Service, Box 968, Elkhart.
1nd.46515
Direct Rellel International. Box 30820,
Santa Barbara, Calif. 93130
,Doctors Without Borders U.S.A. Inc .• 30
Rockeleller Plaza, Suite 5425, New
York, N,Y, 10112
Dooley Foundation / Intermed-U.S.A .•
Inc., 420 Lexington Ave .• Room 2428,
New York, N.Y. 10170
,Feed the Children, P.O. Box 36, Okla-
, homa City, OK 73101-0036
International Rescue Committee, 386
Park Avenue South, Néw York, N,Y.
10016 '
Kurdish.American Society lor Rerugee
Relief, 1010 Vermont Ave. N.W., Suite
310. Washington, D,C. 20005
,.'Kurdlsh National Congress, P.O. Box
15498.Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106
Lutheran World Reller, 390 Park Avenue,
New York. N.Y. 10016
MAP International, 2200 Glynco Park.
way, Brunswick, Ga,'3152O
Mennonite Central Committee, 21 South
• 12th Street, Box M, Akron~,Pa.17501
:"Mercy Corps International, 3030 S.W
, First Avenue, Portland, Ore. 97201
Operation U.S.A., 7615lh Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, Calil. 90046
Oxram America. 115 Broadway, Bo~ton
Mass.02116
, Presiding Bishop's Fund rar World Re
, lief/Episcopal Church, 815 Second Ave
nue, New York, N.Y. 10017
,'P/:lysicians for HumanRights, ,58 Da!
Street, Somerville, Mass. 02144
Refugees International. 220 I Street, Suitl
240, Washington, DC 20002
Save theChildren, Middle East Emel
gency Fund, Box 975. Westport, ConI'
06881
, United Nations High' 'Commissioner fa
t> .. fugees. United Nations Headquai
:;:::, !-(0';"; ~-~]I. N..wYork. N.Y. 1001'
, The U.S. Cc."••,tittee for Unicef. Mlddl
East Fund. 333 E. 38th Street. Ne,
York, N.Y. 10016
'
U.S. Committee ror Refugees, 1025 Vel
mont Ave. N.W., Suite 920. WashingtOl
D,C: 20005
World Concern, Box 33000. Seattle, Was!
98133
World Relief, Box WRC, Wheaton. II
60189
World Vision Relier and Developmcn
Box 0, Pasadena, Cali!, 91103
Y.M.C.A, or the U.S.A" 101 North Wacki
Drive, Chicago. III, 60606
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