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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:45 PM Original message |
THE END OF IRAQ?....Well, this is bad news |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Devil's Advocate - why not let Iraq split up? |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. independent Kurds in the north would cause problems |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And that would be different than today in what way? |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Well, DUH! Shrub's own father could have told him that! |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Oil. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. big deal. we deal with lots of oil suppliers. we manage. |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. My point is that some of the new countries may feel they have claim on oil |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Iraq is descending into civil war, as many here on DU and |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Iraq was an artificial nation created by the British and other |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Geographically the ethnic/tribal boundaries |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. already been done. See my post below. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was in a conference room at Purvin & Gertz, a Houston-based |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. would have been a sensible strategery in 91. |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Splitting Iraq Was Probably |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. So would the Kurds be considered terrorists or freedom fighters? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. Perhaps it's an idea we should consider here. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I agree with you, but every time someone brings it up |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. DU was way ahead on this |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. That's what happens when you take out a dictator |
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