You're talking about a premature uprising against a withdrawing army that was primarily street fighting at the barricades. You'll note that the Iraqi Fedayeen aren't withdrawing. As yet.
I wouldn't be suprised if they don't trust us. I said at the time that it was a big mistake not to go all the way to Baghdad and remove him in '91. In fact, I think I'm on record as saying "we'll just have to go back later".
Bay of Pigs was unsupported. That is correct. We trained them, armed them, promised them air support and then Kennedy left them without air.
It was wrong. It is a source of shame.
Of course, it also the way revolutions are supposed to occur right? Has to succeed on it's own? Otherwise, the big bully is interfereing, right?
That's what you'd say if we had taken Castro down. That's what you'd say if we had helped the Kurds and Shiites in '91.
You see, that's your position. If the US does it, it's wrong.
If we supported the Kurds in '91, that would have been the "big bully" interfering. If we did not support them, that would be wrong for leaving them alone.
