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2006-10-05 Iraq

How The Kurds Succeeded, And Why No One Cares

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-10-05 11:39|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This fact (the Northern Kurds and to a lesser extent, the Southern Shi'a getting along well) should be shouted from the rooftops and loudly by the DoD. Like someone (wiser than me) said of the Kurdish north:

It's like saying there's rampant crime in Chicago and NYC, and then screaming that the entire United States is about to fall into a civil war. It just ain't gonna happen.

*sigh* I guess if it doesn't bleed, it doesn't lead.

Posted by BA 2006-10-05 13:36|| 2006-10-05 13:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually BA,
I noticed that even when it bleeds, what matters is whether they can spin it as Bush's fault.
When we took down Sadr's tots in Najaf, there was a night when the Marines nailed 700 of the Mahdi Army in that giant cementary. Didn't hear anything about it in the MSM. Had to go to the milblogs to find out about it.
If 700 dead insurgents is not "bleeding", what is?

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2006-10-05 15:03|| 2006-10-05 15:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Good point, Al. And, I agree wholly!

Posted by BA 2006-10-05 15:21|| 2006-10-05 15:21|| Front Page Top

#4 The Kurds do have a powerful cultural advantage, also, though where they picked it up is anybody's guess. They strongly admire education and intelligence in their leaders.

This has long been evident, because most of the spokesmen for the Kurds are some of the most erudite and well-spoken public speakers out there. Some educated in Britain, their english is immaculate, and what they say is diplomatic and tactful.

This alone can move mountains in other nations. But that the Kurdish people recognize and respect this in their leaders, too, means that their nation is on a roll to success.

One of their larger industries in Kurdistan is now education, taught in Kurdish. And schooling is quickly becoming a prerogative even among their poor, as the way to advance in society.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-10-05 17:04|| 2006-10-05 17:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Nothing to see here, folks. We're in a quagmire over blood for oil. Back to Baghdad with you now. Move along, move along.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-05 17:07|| 2006-10-05 17:07|| Front Page Top

#6 I am not sure we should continue to support Iraq as a nation and instead maybe we should allow them to separate into three nations. The Kurds can keep the Oil fields up North, the Shia the South, and the Sunnis can wallow in the poverty that they brought on themselves. You put up defensible borders in those areas and the Shia are left Shia-out-of-luck with no access to water, power, or oil.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-10-05 17:18|| 2006-10-05 17:18|| Front Page Top

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