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this is mindless speculation on MY part but here goes:
when we move on Iraq does Iran rush in? I think it's very likely they will try. And if Iran tries to pull a fast one will the Turks come into play? I don't think they will sit still for it.
With the turks and iranians coming in, will the kurds sit lay down and die? Or will they mix it up with lots of tribal warfare and criss cross entanglements? I submit they will do the latter...

If the turks confront Iran, will Israel honor her alliance with turkey and fry the Iranians... and if Israel feels threatened by this turn of events, will they sit still for annihliation by the conflict... not likely... they will go SAMSON option... is my guess.

if Israel launches missiles, Turkey is active, Iran is eating nukes and Iraq is going into chemwars, does Syria use the biochems they bought from sadaam on Israel. Does India sit this out or do they step in to defend Israel per THEIR alliance? Does pakistan sit there on their hands whilst India launches attacks and planes and such over their airspace?

With all this going on, and oil being cutoff world wide for weeks, do russia and china sit there, or do they act in their own best interests and try to take action... and if they do.. does America sit on it's hands, face defeat and massive casualties... or do we play the ohio class or trident cards? what if china turns their attack dogs loose in N. Korea and on Taiwan and Japan simultaneiously? Would the USA NOT defend Japan? NOT friggin likely.

This could shape up to be a very UNCONTAINED conflict of literally biblical proportions... all set off by the fuses in and around that fertile crescent of the middle east.

With this kind of firepower being moved into several theaters... we are going to be hearing words like Armeggedon a LOT more frequently in the coming days.

I am beginning to wonder.. HOW can this NOT get out of hand? I am not worried at all... just trying to be reasonable... and pragmatic. Maybe this is why Saddam is so bold... he sees this as his opportunity to bring about the biggest season of confrontation ever known in the history of mankind... and he is turned on by that prospect...

If that is his goal.. I would expect him to do something very stupid today or tomorrow... like launch a few scuds on Israel or Kuwait, or SaudI Arabia...

There will very likely NOT be another resolution. Tonights order of another 60 thousand pairs of boots... is MASSIVE for just one little nation with a deprecated military command... This is apparengly "rearrange the arab street" time.

There will very likely NOT be another resolution.

U.S., Britain set timetable on Iraq (pointless to continue UN past next week)

United States and Britain have agreed that it is pointless to continue a U.N. Security Council debate over Iraq beyond next week, but are unlikely to press for a vote on their new resolution authorizing war unless they are assured of the necessary nine-vote majority, U.S. and diplomatic officials said yesterday