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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:44 PM Original message |
Proposal to divide Iraq into semi-autonomous states gains ground |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ah, so we shall Balkanize Iraq? |
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NorCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Are you saying that we have to stay in IRAQ because |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. WHAT????! So you think IRAQ flew "planes into our NYC buildings"????! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. "the Vietcong weren't flying planes into our NYC buildings" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Arab Tito falls, and Iraq becomes the former Yugoslavia |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. But what does Turkey say about an autonomous Kurd state. . . |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Indeed the reply I was looking for as well |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh great. CIVIL WAR! With TURKEY and IRAN involved! |
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Charles19 (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Saudi Arabi and likely Egypt would be on the side of the Sunni's |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. BFEE thinks it can swallow Iraq in three bites, instead of one. |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yup ... (n/t) |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. IMHO this is the only thing that will work today |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You do know that the minute this happens, TURKEY will attack the Kurds, |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I am not sure they would |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'll take bets on that; my bet, Turkey will attack. Iran will side with |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You just proved Turkey will not attack |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Turkey doesn't seem to give a shit, considering that not only have they |
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DrDebug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. The Turkish Military (from wiki) |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. While this |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Don't forget who gets the oil. |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oil would be a critical resource. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Juan Cole: Downsides of Partitioning Iraq |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. And guess who is well-positioned in the South??? Iran..... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yep. But that is not "convenient" to think about right now. nt |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. Did someone up here post an article on Nation States the other day? |
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