Hello Ron Hawkmoon, <<When we have two diametrically opposed rivals for power cooperating, and potentially joining forces, one can also opine that it's an act of mutural desperation to salvage their own individual causes>>
You have an interesting spin on events;
Let's watch and see if you are correct or just right;
It seems to me that folks who are willing and / or happy to die may not be affected much by 'desperation';
If all marriages of convenience are spun as acts of desperation, then Hitler's alliance with Stalin over the spoiling of Poland was, I suppose, an act of desperation?
As far as I understand, the tribal folks in your sandy neighborhood have been practicing marriages of convenience, oops, I meant desperation, for a long time, often repeated with the same partners, oops, I meant desperados.
As to <<An alternative analysis is that possibly they recognize that the current Iraqi government, and the forthcoming elections in January, are gaining more traction than they had expected...>>
... is difficult to determine, and so I will take your word for it as you are at ground level.
IMO, I don;t believe elections will make one iota bit of difference to the military, socio-political and financial-economic equations given that Iraq is so far practicing "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" type of governance, and there seem to be a lot of guns about, everywhere.
You know me, I tend to be contrary, but more often than not, correct, in the fullness of time.
I do not know whether I am correct in expressing my puzzlement over the situation in Iraq, but I am more sure that an incorrect understanding of the situation may not lead to wellness.
Back to watch and brief mode, and will occasionally update you on Stratfor's 30,000 feet view of events around you.
Chugs, Jay |
