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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:27 PM Original message |
Divide Iraq Up Into Three Nations Now Before It's Too Late. |
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SeattleDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. geographically, how to ensure each gets some oil fields? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. SeattleDem, Here's A Good Map of Iraq and It's Oil Fields |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am generally opposed to partition, witness the British "successes", but |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. What about making three United States of Iraq? |
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Alerter_ (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. why not make them US States? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 07:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I Hope You Are Being Sarcastic. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 09:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. I hope that was sarcastic as well, even if it was meant to zing me. |
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ithacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dividing Iraq would be the worst possible solution. |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. You think they're cultures get along better than ours? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wasn't that the GOAL for PNAC and the Neocons? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. But if you read PNAC's plans you will see that the division you all are |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. This Is Not About PNAC, Solomon. It's About Preventing Civil War. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. If it's as simple as that, why haven't they done it? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Our Dictators Never Let Them |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Dividing up Iraq is becoming dictator all over again. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. That's either being very, very naive, or very, very crafty. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Is that for me? |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Nah. My bad. I got carried away. Just jawing in general. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well reasoned argument...but will never fly. It's too early and the |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Not Philosophy. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Of all the gall to divide it into three parts |
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kaitykaity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think you're right on track with this idea. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Thanks. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. David it is necessary to do so. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Cleita, it would mean major upheaval for years to get the "tribes/loyaltie |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The Colony is Iraq. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. David, if you went to Baghdad and said: The Colony is Iraq! in |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yeah, Turkey would be reeeeeal happy |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Turkey is not the big bad USA. |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Turkey is a NATO member |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. How about America show some humility for a change? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. We should never have gone in unless we had been attacked |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. From where comes this assurance of civil war? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Because when they don't have us to fight anymore, they will |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Robert Fisk is familiar with the ME, and he disagrees. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Ooooof |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Their Country Never Existed In The First Place. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Welll, I agree, with you Minstrel. You make your case well, although |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I agree with you Koko. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Now ya'll know we ain't going nowhere. Kerry notwithstanding. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. True |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. train wreck in slow motion! It's the Bush years. Wearing us down |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. This Is The Best Way For Us To Leave. |
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nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
39. Too late for who? Us or Iraq?..... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 10:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Too Late To Prevent A Horrific Civil War |
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