To: Carry_Okie
And it is not always about state governments. Religion and ethnicity was the key. Always has been in the middle east. The Shiites already had the south and more then half of Baghdad. Whether it would have been a proxy for Iran or a province of Iran or a completely independent state next to Iran is immaterial. The people themselves would have decided.
22 posted on
06/24/2014 7:05:46 PM PDT by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: justa-hairyape
Whether it would have been a proxy for Iran or a province of Iran or a completely independent state next to Iran is immaterial. Given that it was global fuel prices that triggered the mortgage meltdown, no, it's not immaterial.
23 posted on
06/24/2014 7:17:46 PM PDT by
Carry_Okie
(ObamaCare IS Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
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