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.
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.
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.