It is great to see you this morning, fnbplanet, and thank you for the article.
JMHO - Iraq and Kuwait can come to all the agreements they can think of, check off their UN to-do list, and sing Kumbaya until the sun sets, but until their government is settled down and working for the people, the UN is not going to release the CVII sanctions and will continue to use it as leverage.
Perhaps Kuwait and Iraq are mending fences to become allies and become stronger in an area where allies are key and adversaries surround them. Just a thought......
Cris posted a thoughts of a friend on the situation in the area and had me thinking about something I was not aware of, simple, but thoughts I found interesting.
I am going to bring it back over here. I don't think Cris would mind, I hope.
Below is Cris' post with his friends thoughts. I am not saying this has to do with CVII, but there is a rug with many threads, and I think this is interesting.
PS I think there is so much more that a Middle East plebian like myself just does not know or realize.
Cris' post:
This is a quote from a friend of mine, I dont think he would mind
if I use it. This comes pretty close to the situation I believe.
Maliki IS in a tough position. The Saudis have a majority Shiite population, but the monarchy that runs the country are Sunni. Maliki is a Shiite, and is being supported by Iran. Iran and Saudi Arabia HATE each other. The Iranians have been trying to undercut the Sunni monarchy that runs the Saudi government through the manipulation of the Shiite majority there. This is the underlying cause of the hatred. The Saudis are also Arabs, and the Iranians are Persian. This is a particular hatred that's been in play for 1000's of years. The battle lines are drawn folks.
Now, the Saudis have this pipeline going out to the Red Sea from Iraq. The Iraqis would like to get this pipeline moving oil. The Saudis have been SILENT! Why are the Saudis silent? I speculate to guess that it's because Maliki is being used by the Iranians, and the Saudis don't trust him. They are going to use the pipeline as PRESSURE on Maliki to turn away from the Iranians, and if possible, pressure IRAQ to move Maliki out completely. The Saudis want a NEUTRAL Iraq, not an Iraq that's controlled by the Iranians.
Another piece of the puzzle. Syria. Syria is the opposite situation of Saudi Arabia. They have a Sunni majority population, but the dictator Assad is a Shiite, and is Iran's closest political partner in the Middle East. The Assad government is in a civil war with the Sunni majority. The Sunni majority is supported by the Saudis. Do you see what we have here? Syria is the country where the actual killing war is being played out, between the Saudis and the Iranians.
You can also throw Turkey into this mix. The Syrians just recently shot down a Turkish jet off their coast. The Turks have yet to respond.
The rest of the world is trying to CONTAIN the killing war (at least for now) to Syria. That's where you get the rest of the xxxholes like Russia and China and US, taking sides with the idiots that buy our xxxx! Whether it's parts to build nuclear reactors, or F-16's and other war machines. That's how the lines are drawn in the sand. It's crazy! But nothing new.
Now, how does this fit in with us and the RV? IMHO, I think that the Saudis have their fingers in Iraq more than we realize. And they have as much influence in the Middle East as Iran does. Our RV is being held up because of the REGIONAL conflict over there. That's why you keep hearing some of the political blocs in Iraq, crying about outside influence from the Saudis, Turkey, and Iran. The Saudis and the Turks want that Erbil Agreement implemented. The Turks want the Erbil Agreement implemented, because it means oil flowing to Europe from Kurdistan, via Turkey. The Saudis want the Erbil Agreement implemented because they want that STRATEGIC COUNCIL in place, which is a check on Maliki and the Iranians. This political meddling has brought Iraq to a standstill. I believe this is the reason Iraq can't get the IMPORTANT LAWS AND COMPLETED GOVERNMENT into place, which would allow the RV to happen. And that brings us to this damn NATIONAL MEETING! Again, IMHO, until we can see the outcome of this national meeting, we won't know how to assess where we actually stand. Will it be the Saudis or Iran that controls Iraq? Will that outcome affect the 000's? Questions I just can't answer...
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