Oldtimer said:
They've had several specials on tv about this-- showing stacks of decayed bodies....This came about when GHW Bush didn't support the Sunnis in the south like they thought he would- after they revolted after the Kuwaiti war-- and old Saddamn came back in and killed them by the thousands....
They were the shiites in the south,saddam was a sunni. Otherwise,pretty much correct.
The No Fly Zones were set up in the North and South to protect the Kurds and Shiites. These zones were monitored closely.
The only other way to better protect these people were to have troops on the ground.
The younger Bush was the only one to have the balls (and break ranks with the UN) to do this.