Me too.
Want some popcorn?
Posted on 05/15/2007 9:44:06 AM PDT by Sleeping Beauty
Affecting me? Naw, I’m just bored easily...
Turkey should like the Kurds getting their own place because they can all return home and out of Turkey and Iran.
Then change the channel and let the people in charge figure it out. There are plenty of other TV shows for you to watch ;-)
Much better theater...
Okay.
Am I on Candid Camera?
How come all the brilliant FReepers suddenly showed up on MY thread???
You F with our country, not only will we track you, personally, down and kill your worthless butt, and as many of your equally worthless kin as that mission takes, but your entire country and/or those that supported you will simply cease to exist.
Afghanistan should have been fragmented along ethnic lines into mutually warring pissant regions, and the same fate should have befallen Iraq.
Turkey, who wouldn't allow us to stage on their turf would be rewarded with a hostile Kurdistan on their border...
Look closely just above and to the left of your monitor.
SMILE!
Your premise is faulty, which leaves you limited conclusions.
The Kurds will support oil sharing, they just don’t want it to be tied to a national oil company. As conservatives, we should all oppose a national oil company. But the central government could claim royalties from all oil, and then distribute those royalties throughout the nation in a fair way not tied to where the oil fields are.
Like Alaska gives royalties to all alaskans, not based on whether they live in the provinces where the oil is being extracted.
Overall, your post makes perfect sense. Hindsight and all that...
But -- I don't get the part about "but your entire country ... will simply cease to exist." I mean, they don't have a country. We are not fighting any nation that I know of. We are not at war with Iraq, we are not at war with Afghanistan. This is the ugly advantage that Al Qaeda has over us. They are active in nations all over the world. Sixty at last count.
But we MUST keep in mind that Iraq is the "central battlefield in the war on terror" -- because Al Qaeda chose that battlefield. They have to travel there from other countries in order to fight with us. We have to hope they continue to show up -- so we have someone to fight with and can inflict some casualties on them.
No doubt about it. But I have been waiting for this shoe to drop. Cheney was there this weekend rubbing their noses in the absolute necessity for the Iraq Parliament to immediately sign the oil revenue sharing bill. (Remember, they announced, with much fanfare last week, that the bill was drafted and finally ready to sign -- before they all take a 2-month vacation in Paris.)
The Kurds will support oil sharing, they just don’t want it to be tied to a national oil company. As conservatives, we should all oppose a national oil company. But the central government could claim royalties from all oil, and then distribute those royalties throughout the nation in a fair way not tied to where the oil fields are.
From your mouth to god's ear, Sir. The article above definitively states that they will not share their oil revenues with the rest of Iraq. Perhaps -- after 100 years or so of contentious negotiations -- they might consider paying some royalties. (You know how stubborn those Arabs can be.)
Like Alaska gives royalties to all alaskans, not based on whether they live in the provinces where the oil is being extracted.
Why didn't anyone TELL me that people who live in Alaska get oil royalties in their bank accounts because they live there??? Jeesh. I could have been "living" in Alaska and getting free money all this time.
But -- I don't get the part about "but your entire country ... will simply cease to exist."
Words and names have meaning and symbolic power all their own.
There are still countries named Afghanistan and Iraq. They still have the same physical territories and peoples. The Taliban will alway be a part of Afghan history books, Saddam Hussein will always be a part of Iraqi history books.
When those countries are replaced by new countries with people regarding themselves as something other than Afghanis or Iraqis the defeat of the Taliban and Saddam will be complete.
Nothing in this prevents Kurdistan, Sunnistan, and Shiiastan from continuing to act as Roach Hotels for jihadist, each fighting against those who just aren't Islamist enough.
Nice guy that I am, I'm even willing to arm all sides and keep them stirred up until they break their own and each other's wills to fight.
What you said is what should happen, but I doubt that’s what’s going to happen. Like hunter112, I see a pan-Islamic war shaping up. It’s been a long-time coming, and all the elements are there: ancient tribal rivalries and religious animosities, a power vacuum, an emotional, largly uneducated and easily manipulated populace and billions in oil wealth for the victors. If the surge doesn’t work, and if the Iraqi government doesn’t get its act together real quick, buckle your seatbelts.
Before any Iraq oil is nationalized, they need to find that 100,000 to 300,000 barrels per day. Even Mexico is not that corrupt.
Me too.
Want some popcorn?
Okay. You make a lot of sense.
None of your proposals are even remotely acceptable. An autonomous Kurdisatan may be the best outcome available.
LOL, RightWhale. I've been avoiding that story for a week. Just because I know it will make me smack my forehead with utter frustration.
You've got that right. The FReepers on this thread set me straight.
An autonomous Kurdisatan
Good grief! I should use spell check. That one’s kind of weird.
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