Replies to post #1037 on Foreign Correspondence

[CoalTrain]

Have the thugs in Moscow made any clear statements indicating how and when they might get involved in the Kurdish squabble? I suspect they are going to let Tehran run with the ball for the moment.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/kurdish_86.jpg

Kurds are sitting on some prime real estate. Gee, I wonder why the current government in Israel supports a Kurdish state? Why is it I think Moscow and Tehran have other plans?

If you have more recent maps please post.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/kurdish_lands_92.jpg

Complete with Mountains and lots of airports no less. I wonder what sized airplanes those airports can service?

more maps...

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/al_basrah_iraq_80.jpg

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html

[Amaunet]

80 per cent of South Ossetia's residents hold Russian passports. South Ossetia has also appealed to Moscow to let the republic be integrated into the Russian Federation. So far their integration has been denied by Duma or Putin, same thing considering the amount of control Put has.

One reason I understand is that for Moscow to embrace South Ossetia’s separatism in any but a clandestine way would be seen by the world as hypocritical when considering Chechnya who dearly wants to break away but Moscow says nyet.

Interesting predicament.

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