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June 23, 2005
Iraq-Kuwait Diplomacy
During the run up to the first gulf war, I remember one of my dear left wing friends repeating Saddam's assertiong that Kuwait was stealing oil that rightfully belonged to Iraq.
Now it looks like democtratic diplomacy might solve this long-standing disagreement. Via Chrenkoff:
A joint Kuwaiti-Iraqi commission is studying ways to regulate production from a large oilfield that extends into the two neighbouring Arab nations, the emirate's energy minister has said.[...]
The oilfield is known as Rumaila in Iraq and Ritqa in Kuwait. Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein accused the emirate of stealing oil from the Iraqi field and used that as a pretext to invade and occupy Kuwait in August 1990.
I'm not naive enought to think this will be solved with a nice group hug, but diplomatic negotiations are obviously preferrable to turning loose the armored divisions.
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I say we apply the same rules I apply to my daughter. If they can't agree on who owns the oil, then I'll take it all and make good use of it. Does anyone know the number to the White House so I can get this in motion?
Posted by: Jim Voigt at June 23, 2005 12:17 PM
You know how it would go. As soon as the parent moves in with some decisive action, the sibs suddenly get their stories straight.
Posted by: Jeff at June 23, 2005 12:22 PM
