Another Monster to Die, and Pepe Again Turns His Eye...

A point of this article has to do with the U.S.'s policy towards helping others throughout the world, and then fulfilling that promise. It's difficult, though, especially in a Republican Democracy: cabinets change, as do administrations. Politician A is friends with International Group B, and head-way is made, but Politician A will soon be usurped in elections... and where does that leave International Group B?

See excerpt: Halabja's residents feel particularly abandoned by the U.S. government, which frequently points to the gassing to justify the invasion of Iraq. "When Bremmer and Powell came to visit us in 2003, they promised us they would do whatever we needed," Faraj says. "They talked to us enough to fulfill their responsibility, but afterward they don't care about us."

Whether a Democrat or Republican is in the White House, we, the United States, CANNOT abandon our Kurdish allies in northern Iraq.