tfl: The Flatiron Life

A top Iraqi official is quoted as saying the country is moving to plan B. That is a divided Iraq. All that is left now is figuring out who gets what parts of Baghdad.

When we first took over in Iraq I thought a strong federal Iraq divided between the Kurds, Sunni, and Shia made sense. Have the layers of government closer to you is a good thing, but I fear that these three states will oppress believers of the other groups. One of the statistics about Iraq I am curious about is how many mixed marriages there are. Most of the reporting seems to assume that families are all one or the other, but there must be some mixing, especially in the larger cities. I don’t think I am gong to learning this any time soon. There seems to be a lot less information being reported from Iraq as the Israel-Hezbollah War of 2006 rages on. Maybe after the Israeli war front sweeps through Iraq, after taking over Lebanon and Syria, on its way to Iran, it will be reported.

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Oil and gas and prices are reaccuring themese on TFL. This article talk about why high old prices are good and how the low oil prices of the last two centuries have created a supply situation that makes the prices oil products (i.e. gas) pegged more closely to oil prices than they need be.

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