Kissinger later callously dismissed complaints about the human cost of this cynical betrayal by saying: "Covert action isnt missionary work." In recent years. tens of thousands of Kurds have been imprisoned. tortured. and murdered by Saddam and his brutal forces. Deference to Turkey. and to Saddam himself. made our reponse to these outrages shamelessly muted. Today. representatives of Physicians for Human Rights suggest that every day as many as 1.000 refugees on the IraqTurkey border alone are dying. Iran claims it is spending $10 milliqkn a day on refugee relief. Yet. to date. no direct U.S. aid has been given to the people there. President Bush mustered world opinion ably and well against the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
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