On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
Shane Mage wrote:
... The "Status of Forces Agreement" not only guarantees Iran
against attack--by making it subject to a mid-2009 referendum, the
Iraqi
parliament has made all future US presence in Iraq subject to an
Iranian
veto, to be exercised if need be by a call for a no vote from
Sistani.
the SOFA only protects Iran against attacks based in Iraq, right?
The point, however, is that, for the most obvious geographical
reasons, a *successful* attack would not be militarily conceivable
without the use of Iraqi territory and territorial waters. It would
also be politically impossible without the acquiescence of the Shiite
Iraqi government. Both are precluded by the SOFA.
Shane Mage
This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
kindling in measures and going out in measures."
Herakleitos of Ephesos
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