tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post3741891718711358175..comments2024-02-29T12:38:32.191-08:00Comments on MUSINGS ON IRAQ: More Questions Than Answers On Iran-Iraq Oil Field DisputeJoel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-24472520394855659882009-12-29T17:44:22.959-08:002009-12-29T17:44:22.959-08:00I'm not sure anyone is really clear about Tehr...I'm not sure anyone is really clear about Tehran's motivations for the take over. Some think that it was a message to Iraq over its newly signed oil deals. Others think that the Iranian government has been so disrupted by power struggles and dealing with protesters that they weren't watching their border forces and that this was a completely spontaneous event. There are plenty of other theories floating around as well.<br /><br />The way Tehran has played the incident however, half denying that they even took the well over and then saying that they will negotiate with Iraq over the border, etc. does not lead me to believe that they wanted to provoke anything bigger than what happened.Joel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-27778731498156787032009-12-29T08:39:12.231-08:002009-12-29T08:39:12.231-08:00Could this border incident be an Iranian provocati...Could this border incident be an Iranian provocation whereby that government hopes to incite an American or Iraqi response that would distract the Iranian public from its internal political quarrels?Insurance Clerknoreply@blogger.com