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2003-05-15 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2003-05-15 12:19 pm|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 *blinks* I am becoming more and more impressed by the cleverness, adaptability, and clear-sightedness of the Kurds. They are not letting past grievances cloud their judgment or their future.

Also, the sanctions were imposed on Saddam, NOT THE KURDS, who've been de-facto independent ever since the set-up of the no-fly zones. The kurds can wrap themselves in the Genocide flag and dare the French to look them in the face while saying, "You can't do that, because you represent Saddam, even though Saddam gassed you." The moment the Soviets get huffy because of the lost contract, Turkey will jump in, pulling NATO in with it.

Clever indeed. They may be forced, however, to have to keep the money and spend it on themselves until sanctions are lifted, since sending the money to Uncle Sam so it can be put into rebuilding the rest of Iraq could be seen as money laundering. That's a no-no. *snicker*

However, they can magnanimously turn down their share of the oil-for-palaces program.

I'll wait, however, until the sanctions are lifted: if the contracts get rolled over to the Interim Iraqi Government, then, my countrymen, the Kurds will have become a moral superpower, rvialling our hegemony.

It'll be great to have the competition.

Posted by Ptah 2003-05-15 13:33:06|| [www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-05-15 13:33:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Lots of that oil went to Turkey anyway, hundreds of tanker truck loads a day. "Smuggled", if you can call it that when everyone knows that it's going on.

I blogged a few weeks ago that the Kurds would be facing a cash crunch with the liberation of Iraq. Looks like they found some revenue augmentation.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-15 13:37:32|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-15 13:37:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe they could sell some augmented Kurdish mail-order brides, too. "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

Posted by Dar 2003-05-15 14:29:05|| 2003-05-15 14:29:05|| Front Page Top

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