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In reply to the discussion: Yes, this is all about energy--Syria, Iraq, IS, and the President's Speech. [View all]amandabeech
(9,893 posts)40. The problem for oil would be if ISIS threatened the oil production areas in southern Iraq,
which are deep in the Shia heartland. The vast majority of Iraqi oil is pumped in the south and is loaded on tankers at Basra.
It is difficult to imagine that the Iraqi Shia and the Iranians would fail to defend that area, which is in their midst and key to their survival. That would be a very different scenario than defending Arab and Kurdish Sunnis in the north and west of the country.
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Yes, this is all about energy--Syria, Iraq, IS, and the President's Speech. [View all]
Laelth
Sep 2014
OP
I certainly expect politicians to advance the interests of the people in a republic.
Laelth
Sep 2014
#56
Humans have been killing each other over resources since the beginning of time. Doesn't make it
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#17
This starts out looking informative and ends up saying absolutely nothing of consequence
Maven
Sep 2014
#19
You did not provide any links for the gas going from the Kurds to Europe.
former9thward
Sep 2014
#31
The fuck? For a fraction of the cost of war(s), we could be up and running on renewable energy.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#38
The problem for oil would be if ISIS threatened the oil production areas in southern Iraq,
amandabeech
Sep 2014
#40