03-07-2003, 04:55 AM
1. The Kurd issue is tied to more than the Kurds of Iraq, it is also tied to Iran and Turkey. The Kurds are, of course, as much into each others knickers as they are chaffing at the Irani/Turkish/Iraqi bit.
2. Faisal's realm, granted by Balfourl et a were I suppose lines on a map that may be as moveable as the lines within Yugoslavia, whose borders were also a gift of the Verseilles process.
So maybe I really asked the wrong question, as you suggest.
Is there an Iraq after Saddam leaves? Different question, with far different consequences for the Persian Gulf region.
How tied to the lines on the map is everyone, anyway? :)
2. Faisal's realm, granted by Balfourl et a were I suppose lines on a map that may be as moveable as the lines within Yugoslavia, whose borders were also a gift of the Verseilles process.
So maybe I really asked the wrong question, as you suggest.
Is there an Iraq after Saddam leaves? Different question, with far different consequences for the Persian Gulf region.
How tied to the lines on the map is everyone, anyway? :)
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete