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2013-04-28 Iraq

Iraqi army losing hold on north to Sunni and Kurdish rebels as troops desert

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Posted by tipper 2013-04-28 14:53|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Ahhhh, the fabled Arab Muslim fortitude, courage and morals on display yet again.

Posted by AlanC 2013-04-28 15:23|| 2013-04-28 15:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Probably just as well. The Kurds can handle the North better than Maliki's crew. Won't go well for the Sunnis though.

Posted by Titus Ulans4144 2013-04-28 15:46|| 2013-04-28 15:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Bush handed Obama a fairly stable situation that might have stayed that way with some work. It all downhill from there.

Posted by tipover 2013-04-28 16:27|| 2013-04-28 16:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Although, I think this is a direct byproduct of the empty suit's muddled and cowardly foreign policy, the idea of cutting Iraq into three pieces, one for the Kurds, one for the Sunnis, and one for the Shias makes sense. They hate each other's guts and will never work well together. The Kurds have been pretty much autonomous since the days of the Saddam no fly zone and we know how the Sunnis and the Shias get along so well.

I don't know how Turkey will feel about a free Kurdistan though, it might make their life worse with their Kurdish population and lead to a civil war over the Kurdish populated regions of Turkey. If that happens, don't bet against the Turkish Army, they are pretty good and pretty ruthless.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2013-04-28 20:29|| 2013-04-28 20:29|| Front Page Top

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