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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
Bush has 2 years left. The next president might decide to cut the US' losses and exit Iraq, which I have stated I personally think is the right thing to do. Will Bush himself change his mind? Very doubtful.
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And let the Sunni and Shi'a fight it out?
I've come a little around to this mode of thinking. With an Iran'd Iraq, all the other Sunni muslims would feel the pressure of their own Shi'a majorities. The UAE and Oman, in particular. Although Saudi Arabia would feel the Shi'a pressure, as well. They'd eventually start pushing into Egypt.
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Until now, I was expressing my opinion with my Stars and Stripes hat on.
Switching over to my blue and white cap, nothing will be good for us.
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And I would rather support a Kurdistan than Turkey. Turkey is certainly no ally after the fall of the USSR, other than the fact they let oil piplines run to the Mediterranean.
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I wouldn't say Turkey is not an ally altogether. I would say you cannot count on them for certain and that more Islamism and less securalism is in their future. And at some point they will no longer be an ally at all.