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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:36 PM Original message |
Is it Time to Break Iraq into 3 Nations? |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. let them vote |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. thats the way it will probably end up,and with one Central government |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Dissagree - 3 governments, not one |
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redphish (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And you can bet that the Shia faction will become part of Iran. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. If the Shia join Iran... |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. definately |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Doubtfull |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Could be, 3 regions with a lot of autonomy |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. anybody have a map of the original borders? |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Iraq was cobbled together out of a section of the old Ottoman Empire |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. yep, I found this timeline.... |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. One thing's clear. It can't be us who tells them to do it |
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AIJ Alom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Looks more like the status quo, with the no-fly zones of the 1990's |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've heard it mentioned more and more recently. Partition just |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. As others have said, it's not our call, but it doesn't have to be all |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You have a point. |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. you're right! there IS a bright side to ethnic cleansing! |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 07:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Now get Real! You KNOW that's NOT what I meant. |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. and the Soviet Union broke up fairly quietly |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. "Fairly quietly" is not anything I said. |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. I think we should offer it |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've seen a few such maps. |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. how does the oil distribution overlay look? |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Sunnis would hardly have any oil... the maps need oil reserves in key |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Google image search reveals this: |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think it's the only.. |
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The Sushi Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. thanks! |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. The thing is, there would be a serious problem with each new state: |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. There is NO such think as an Iraqi, not at all |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. I'll have to tell that to my relatives |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Sunnis would revolt immediately due to having no oil |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Iraq map with overlay of oil refineries, deposits and pipelines |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's not our decision. Period. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. It's not our decision but that's what I see could happen |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
31. No, it is time we got the hell out of there and let the Iraqi people |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. why not? it worked really really well for India and Pakistan...n/t |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. If you want 50 years of non-stop war, sure |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's time to break this administration up into three pieces ... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. Any idea of James Baker is a bad idea. |
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