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2010-01-20 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Iraq is rapidly becoming Iranian satellite. That was a foregone conclusion [1,2]once Iraqis were allowed to vote.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-01-20 02:09|| 2010-01-20 02:09|| Front Page Top

#2 grom,
I don't see Iraq as an Iranian satellite. Too big, for one. And a stronger (or soon to be stronger) economy - which the greater Iraqi freedom will ultimately strengthen even further. Plus the need the rest of the Arab world has for a buffer (and tribes trump sects.) Good chance Iraq has more oil too (hard to say for sure.) Then there's the whole Iranian nuke thing - at some point that's likely to blow up in Iran's face (so to speak.)
The only thing I see favoring the Iranians is that the Iranian people have a more recent history of intelligent behavior (inventions, cities, universities, etc. - of course many of those very things seem to be at the core of most of our own problems!) Recent developments in Iran might make one concerned about Iran ultimately becoming a satellite of Iraq!

Posted by Glenmore 2010-01-20 08:49|| 2010-01-20 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 There are two ways to look at this, if what being done is unfair. This is one angle, but the other is not pro-Iranian, but anti-Sunni. Just because Shiites don't like Sunnis doesn't mean they like Iranians.

And there are a heck of a lot of Iraqi Shiites who clearly see the Iranians as the enemy. To the point where it's not about the Iranian government, but the Iranian people.

Finally, the sword cuts both ways. Every Iranian who visits Iraq, unless he is a hard liner, gets to see a form of government better than that of the Mullahs back home. And back home in Iran, he probably tells all his friends how much better it is. This is deadly to the reign of the Mullahs.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-01-20 09:01|| 2010-01-20 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Moose hit it on the point.

Iran's power will dwindle. Iraq may become a superpower. Iraq may become the most powerful Shia country on the planet.

Posted by newc 2010-01-20 10:48|| 2010-01-20 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Iran's power will dwindle. Iraq may become a superpower. Iraq may become the most powerful Shia country on the planet.
Posted by newc

Behold! The "W" & Cheney plan.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-20 10:52|| 2010-01-20 10:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Strategery!

Posted by Black Bart Ebberens7700 2010-01-20 12:11|| 2010-01-20 12:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Glenmore: an Arab has family loyalty and loyalty to Islam (because it fits his kin advantage instincts perfectly). The pertinent consequence in this particular instant is that there is a very intense competition for domination among prominent Shia clans---the prize, in their eyes, is dominance of Iraq for ever. In that competition:
(i)These who have Iranian backing have an immense advantage (Because USA refused to interfere, or even acknowledge the true state of affairs---Bush & co never bothered to learn anything about Arabs).
(ii) Know that Iranians can easily find a replacement, should they prove unsatisfactory. Of course they plan to betray Iran in the future. But, meanwhile, when Ahmi says frog...

p.s. What economy? Iraq has no economy. It has a lot of oil---underground. Getting it to markets (no money otherwise) may prove a, tad, difficult.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-01-20 15:02|| 2010-01-20 15:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Iraq will never be a superpower. At best they will be a regional power, second to Israel. But more likely, it seems to me, Iraq and Iran will continue their rivalry.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-20 19:58|| 2010-01-20 19:58|| Front Page Top

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