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Iraqi Kurds seize Kirkuk as army flees
Hotair ^ | 06/12/2014 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 06/12/2014 7:27:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: bert
Absent a strong charismatic brutal leader the synthetic nation of Iraq will and is devolving into three natural constituencies.

Fixed it.

61 posted on 06/12/2014 9:33:18 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: dblshot

Or for the long-term security of the Saudis and the Emirates.


62 posted on 06/12/2014 9:36:41 AM PDT by expat2
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To: sandboxshooter
Lest we forget, supposedly major oil was found in Anbar Province, so the Sunni’s could have their own oil fields, as the Kurds and Shiites in the south do now.

Wow, I didn't know that. That really changes the calculus over there. At least it will when they actually get the wells on line.

63 posted on 06/12/2014 9:39:08 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: Leaning Right

Biden tends to favor Iran and the Shia, and both your points 1,2 would weaken Iraq and the Sunnis.


64 posted on 06/12/2014 9:41:29 AM PDT by expat2
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To: bert

They are not going to stop until they gain the riches in the North and South (oil) or the riches in Baghdad. The land they control now is mostly impoverished.


65 posted on 06/12/2014 9:45:27 AM PDT by expat2
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To: VanDeKoik

I agree. I guess they will.


66 posted on 06/12/2014 9:46:52 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Obadiah

To that he would say, “Thank you.”


67 posted on 06/12/2014 9:47:36 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: cuban leaf

Gee, this is gonna be fun. Three more years of obama. The world will not survive.


For those who believe in the anti-Christ, it’s easy to see. The world will be in such a mess that the anti-Christ will be welcomed by many to “save the world”.

Obama is putting the mess in place for the anti-Christ to show up.


68 posted on 06/12/2014 9:55:07 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“The whole of Kirkuk has fallen into the hands of peshmerga,”

Kurdish spokesman Jabbar Yawar told Reuters. “No Iraq army remains in Kirkuk now.”


                                                                                          


69 posted on 06/12/2014 9:57:53 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: sandboxshooter
No way the Saudi’s back ANY Shiite group. Saudi’s are Sunni and will back ISIS and the Kurds...


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70 posted on 06/12/2014 9:59:29 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ScottinVA

I never really understood what the Neocons had against it. It could have been done a long time ago with little bloodshed. Now it will happen with a lot of bloodshed. Maybe they feared a Sunni state and a Iran-leaning Shiite state? Maybe they, in their stupid Neocon minds, thought one state would allow checks and balances.


71 posted on 06/12/2014 9:59:36 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: cuban leaf
The world will not survive.

if obama has his way neither will any media.

72 posted on 06/12/2014 10:03:30 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Kurds might actually come out of this with their own country.

That will be anathema to Turkey, so expect NATO to do something.

Would they now be so stupid as to come in on the side of Al Qaeda? I wouldn’t be surprised. That’s how much all these people hate the idea of Kurdistan.


73 posted on 06/12/2014 10:07:49 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: demshateGod

The problem with partition is that it left the Sunni Arab region landlocked with no natural resources, an oil rich Shia region with even stronger ties to Iran and an independent Kurdistan which would drive Turkey nuts. The worst part was that having a bitter(at being deposed by us), dirt poor and loosely governed Sunni Arab state on the Syrian and Jordanian borders wasn’t an ideal outcome for our purposes. We were afraid they might become infiltrated dominated by Islamist elements that would leak back over into Jordan and Syria.

Of course the current situation is far worse, so hindsight is making partition look like the best bet.


74 posted on 06/12/2014 10:13:13 AM PDT by Blackyce (French President Jacques Chirac: "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.")
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To: Blackyce

Hmm, so it sounds like the problem was the people. Many people on FR said the solution was a “no state” solution: turning Iraq into a parking lot.


75 posted on 06/12/2014 10:15:23 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Straight Vermonter

“Wow, I didn’t know that. That really changes the calculus over there. At least it will when they actually get the wells on line. “

That won’t happen with ISIS in control. Even the most brazen multinationals like to avoid getting their heads chopped off.


76 posted on 06/12/2014 10:16:21 AM PDT by Blackyce (French President Jacques Chirac: "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.")
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To: Leaning Right
I wonder how things would have turned out had Bush II listened to Biden here.

It's so amazingly rare that Biden gets anything right, but yes... those are two points to which I wish Bush had listened. Three homogeneous countries within, say, a loose Iraqi federation could've formed their own governments, with their own militaries, and pursued their own goals. Trying to keep stitched together an artifically formed Iraq was folly.

77 posted on 06/12/2014 10:16:30 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: ScottinVA

I was just thinking about that last night. As much as I hate to give Biden the time of day he was prolly right about establishing a 3 region coalition. Even a blind bird gets a worm once in awhile.


78 posted on 06/12/2014 10:25:32 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: demshateGod
When the Ottoman Empire was divided 100 years ago, it was common knowledge that Kurds, sunni and shiite did not play well together - still they insisted on dividing it for long term chaos. Perhaps to keep them all third world.
79 posted on 06/12/2014 10:31:27 AM PDT by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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To: PapaBear3625

The Kurds have and have had an effective army for years and years. That’s why I’m saying, say hello to an Indepenent Kurdistan.


80 posted on 06/12/2014 10:39:22 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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