Well, the article suggests that it is because Saudi Arabia and other countries are afraid of the huge political shift (possibly a little favorable to Iran) that a free democratic government in the region would cause. It also says that Turkey has asked to receive some of Iraq's land after the "war/invasion" to use as a "buffer against refugees". It guesses that the US might have agreed in return for being allowed to use Turkey's land and resources in staging the war. The Kurds say that Turkey wants the land to kick off it's plan to get rid of them, or something. Obviously, since the majority of the population of Iraq is Shia Muslims and Kurds, a pro Kurd democracy would most likely be set up and would never allow the land to be given away like that.
So .. now we have moved from liberation to occupation, at least until we finish kissing everyone's butt and get all we can out of the situation at the expense of the Iraqi people. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 8:16 PM Subject: Re: suprise, suprise > Don't quite understand this. I would think the top Brass would know that > this is a bad idea. > > This isn't something the US military does, maybe for a short time while the > new government can be setup, but not for any length of time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
