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2008-07-23 Iraq

US forces may be based in Iraq's Kurdistan region

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-07-23 11:17|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1741 views ] Top

1 Well it's nice to see that they aren't all ingrates.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-07-23 11:47|| 2008-07-23 11:47|| Front Page Top

2 Nice to see not everyone in DC is a moron.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-07-23 13:02|| 2008-07-23 13:02|| Front Page Top

3 I been talling you guys, the Kurds want and need us there on a permanent basis. One Stryker brigade, one support brigade (including Army aviation units), an SF unit, and an airfield with USAF and UAVs would be enough.

And the Kurds themselves have been good allies.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-23 15:30|| 2008-07-23 15:30|| Front Page Top

4 And our supply line is?

If the Kurds want us to be a permanent friend, they need a port on the Med.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-07-23 16:08|| 2008-07-23 16:08|| Front Page Top

5 You're thinking Latakia here. But very, very, very unlikely sadly.

Posted by .5MT 2008-07-23 19:51|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-07-23 19:51|| Front Page Top

6 Unlikely, I agree. Thus unlikely we can be a permanent friend. The Kurds are cursed with bad geography. I'd move.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-07-23 20:29|| 2008-07-23 20:29|| Front Page Top

7 ION WAFF.com > CHAVEZ OFFERS RUSSIA MILITARY BASES IN VENEZUELA, as part of major arms deal.
WAFF Poster opines/predicts that GAZPROM will come and invest in Venezuela and hence will need protection [from America?]; + that one day Amer may even buy fuel from a Venzuela-based GAZPROM ENERFAC???

Also from WAFF > THE INDO-CHINESE WAR AT SEA [Naval competition, espec vv SUBS].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-23 21:10|| 2008-07-23 21:10|| Front Page Top

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