the kurds, virtually no support in kurdistan. so we are talking about a problem that existed in about 20 percent of the population. and of course, the problem solve itself when the fundamentalist element, who the local power structure, the baathists were very happy to have him come as long as they were killing americans, joining caring americans, that was great because long as they were joining -- as long as they are killing shiites, hey, that was fun, big massacre of shiite civilians. but then they begin to shake down the shakes for money that they begin to demand their daughters into forced marriages. and they began to kill. the local tribal shakes that at that point the guy said well, we've had enough and they asked the americans for money that they didn't need to ask for weapons. and in a very short period of time they're able to defeat them. and that i think is the situation in iraq. i don't know whether after u.s. withdrawal would dissolve into violence. actually, i think there's a certain innate stability to what has hap

he was born in a muslim cares in town and was now kurdistan. his given name was mock him but he renamed himself david when he began a prophecy. follow me to jerusalem, retention is at hand. he went from town to town, synagogue to synagogue, spreading the news. his words were electric. he made people as drunk as one. men gave away their possessions and join him. of course, anyone can call himself the messiah and announced the end of time, and many do. in fact, as i sit in my apartment on broadway on the westside of manhattan a man walks in the street below calling for me and the other people in my building to cast aside our jobs and follow him. because the end is now. we call this man broadway jesus. he's in the street every day, and though he is persistent, i do not follow him. because i am busy, and he is crazy. [laughter] >> what makes a false messiah notable after all is not the false part, but the messiah part to be a false messiah you must be a real messiah first. you must be even more charismatic than a we'll messiah to his with god, wher

back and if we do with al qaeda and in the city areas i think it is true we have an obligation to kurdistan which was on our side is a real -- reliable ally and can the dissed -- this first hah 2003 with a no-fly zone. >> that is it. thank you for coming. [applause] >> it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight. i am the director here and we're here to have a conversation about andre schiffrin and new book, at "dr. seuss & co. go to war." this is a sequel, i guess, to the first venture of dr. seuss and world war ii which was published roughly 10 years ago. on jury has now uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss kerr to mount -- cartoons from pm the world war ii archives and the new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment of the second popular front. andre schiffrin has been the editor for more than 50 years. first up the ante on -- 82 books but the mre publication and of dr. seuss is a political education a coming 10 days of rage in paris and new york where he presented one of the chapters at a seminar roughly a year and a half ago. i am also plea