[jays911]

excellent analysis of the impending war in iraq and its geopolitical consequences.

[Monti Cello]

Most significant, countries like Saudi Arabia and Syria will be living in a new and quite unpleasant world.

Payback's a bitch.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[RobFromGa]

Great post.

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[GiovannaNicoletta]

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[gaspar]

I disagree. The report was the usual mish-mash. Dr. Friedman, whose claim to fame is an office in Austin, Texas and, formerly, a mini-think tank at LSU, seems incapable of organizing an essay or even using sub-chapter headings to help organize his thoughts. Thus it comes off as the blatherings of a drunk at a 2AM faculty blow-out. The only thing that was missing was "heartland" and "rimland", and, frankly, his loose use of "geopolitics", (which ever since the Nazi era has been considered the quintessence of anti-science) is a sad reminder why political geography was eliminated from most university curriculum.

[agincourt1415]

Lets make it So! LETS ROLL!

[Dog Gone]

I don't think it's a given at all that Turkey will lay claim to the northern Iraqi oilfields, or that if they try, we would allow it.

I think what Turkey gets out of this is our commitment to keep northern Iraq under Iraqi control and not allow a Kurdistan to be declared. That, and perhaps the opportunity to invest in those northern oil fields.

[Freebird Forever]

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[CapandBall]

ping