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Iraq Demands Planes From Iran
By Micah Halpern

Sunday August 5, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

Here is a perfect example of the changing Middle East.
In the old Middle East Iraq and Iran were united allies against the West.
In the changing Middle East Iraq is forcing Iran to recognize the new Iraq.

The head of Iraq's air-force just made an astounding request.
The request: that Iran return the hundreds of fighter planes that flew into Iran in 1991 - before the 1st Gulf War.
The rationale: to repair the planes and incorporate them into the new Iraqi air-force.

In the end, the politicians will work out the transfer.
In the end, those are the planes that will help protect Iraq from Iran.

Iran will not give up the planes easily.
But the fact that there are tensions between the countries is a sure sign of maturity on the part of the Iraqi military and Iraqi leadership.
Iraq wants to be able to protect itself.
Iraq wants to contribute to its own defense.
Iraq is no longer all trusting of Iran.
This is called progress.

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4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts


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