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2006-04-15 Iraq

The Kurdish resistance to Southern Kurdistan annexing with Iraq - A History Lesson

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Posted by phil_b 2006-04-15 09:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 As I've mentioned here before, if there are hostilities with Iran, the whole deck could be reshuffled. A still-contentious Iraq could find Kurdistan becoming independent after joining with Iranian Kurdistan.

And though Iraq itself could enlarge with the southwestern Arab lands of Iran, both Syria and Turkey would have cause to sweat bullets with a unified Kurdistan.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-04-15 11:50|| 2006-04-15 11:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Or the Shia portion of Iran, Iraq and Saudi could form into the mega oil state of Shiarabia and let the rump of Iraq join the rump of Syria as a Snuuniarabia or as provinces of the Hashemite kingdom and let the Persians be Persia. This would be an outcome Sistani would buy into.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-04-15 12:21|| 2006-04-15 12:21|| Front Page Top

#3 sure, but moose's point is still the key: the whole deck could be reshuffled. You could argue endlessly about most likely outcomes, but the fact is it is impossible to predict how it would play out. It is finally becoming clear to the Arab/Islamic world that if they poke us with that stick just a little bit harder, then we are all in for a bloody world war. They used to think we would back away, but now they are starting to get a clue.

Mr. Sistiani, would you like to take home your winnings or go for what's behind those doors -

Posted by 2b 2006-04-15 13:03|| 2006-04-15 13:03|| Front Page Top

#4 I've never understood why the Britts didn't elevate the Kurds as a way to help control Iraq. Much as they did with the Sikhs in India. Kurds have been great fighters since Saladin while the Arabs have been great posturers and pretenders for far longer. With British support the Kurds could hve kept control of the region.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2006-04-15 21:01|| 2006-04-15 21:01|| Front Page Top

#5 If the Brits had tried to boost the Kurds, they would have been facing the Turks, who still view the Kurds as vermin.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-04-15 21:46|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-04-15 21:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Turks mess up, we are not Britain and if Iraq won't cooperate we will give the Kurds their own country and Turks can pound sand.

Posted by djohn66 2006-04-15 22:23|| 2006-04-15 22:23|| Front Page Top

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