Carrol
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On
> Behalf Of Marv Gandall
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 2:39 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Iraq buys military hardware from Russia
>
>
> On 2012-10-09, at 2:54 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> > On Oct 9, 2012, at 2:46 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >> I'm so confused. I thought part of the point of the "liberation" was
for them to
> be a captive buyer of US hardware.
> >
> > French, Chinese, and Russian companies got big gobs of their oil too.
It's just
> not working out as planned.
>
> At least the US was able to install a puppet government in Iraq and
establish
> forward military bases in the country which has allowed them to isolate
Iran and
> extend their influence in the Middle East. Oh, right, that didn't quite
work out as
> planned either:
>
> "Mr. Maliki's tolerance of Iran's use of Iraqi airspace suggests the
limits of the
> Obama administration's influence in Iraq, despite the American role in
toppling
> Saddam Hussein and ushering in a new government. The American influence
also
> appears limited despite its assertion that it is building a strategic
partnership with
> the Iraqis.
>
> "Mr. Maliki has sought to maintain relations with Iran, while the United
States has
> led the international effort to impose sanctions on the Tehran government.
At the
> same time, the Iraqi prime minister appears to look at the potential fall
of Mr.
> Assad as a development that might strengthen his Sunni Arab and Kurdish
rivals in
> the region. Some states that are the most eager to see Mr. Assad go, like
Saudi
> Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, have poor relations with Mr. Maliki and his
Shiite-
> dominated government."
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/world/middleeast/iran-supplying-syrian-
> military-via-iraq-airspace.html?pagewanted=all
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