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@ - Steven, can you folo me for a quick DM?
11:21 AM Dec 9th
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Talabani: Kurdish conflict was never between Kurds & Arabs - it was Kurds & Iraqi gov't.
6:16 AM Dec 4th
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Talabani: History is not an insurmountable obstacle - but it's a biggie.
6:12 AM Dec 4th
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RT @: ryansholin: 90 min. vid of me and @ on blogs, aggregation, curation, and reporting
6:11 AM Dec 4th
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Talabani: Iraq can't turn fm dictatorship to democracy in a handful of years
6:05 AM Dec 4th
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Talabani: "wishful thinking" for ethnic groups to put aside differences and just be Iraqi
6:04 AM Dec 4th
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Talabani: Shiites fear return to past; Sunni fear the future; Kurds fear past, present & future.
6:02 AM Dec 4th
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Identity - as a Kurd, or Shiia - is form of self-protection in , says Talabani.
6:02 AM Dec 4th
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U.S. notion of "Italian-American" doesn't exist in , Talabani says. Might take decades for "a Kurd to feel Iraqi"
6:01 AM Dec 4th
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Talabani: Place is complex bec. main partner (U.S.) confused, and "surrounded by interesting neighbors."
6:00 AM Dec 4th
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Now up: Kurdish rep to U.S. Talabani. One word: "complicated." Two words? "VERY complicated."
5:59 AM Dec 4th
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Yaphe: Remember, problems there won't be solved on the US's short attention span. "takes a long time - maybe a generation."
5:58 AM Dec 4th
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Good news is Iraqis get democracy and behave like western pols. That's the bad news, too, sez Yaphe
5:50 AM Dec 4th
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Yaphe: Remember that in mideast, elections are means to an end (power)
5:48 AM Dec 4th
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From Yaphe: Iraq's critical challenge: The SECOND free election - just as in America (1800), it will test the fabric.
5:44 AM Dec 4th
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@ Launching in the spring: Leslie Walker (ex WaPo) at UMaryland.
5:43 AM Dec 4th
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Iraq in one minute, from Yaphe: In one word, good. In two words, NOT good. , live at
5:42 AM Dec 4th
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RT @: Live now: Judith Yaphe, ntl defense university, and Kurdish rep Qubad Talabani on Iraq.
5:41 AM Dec 4th
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@ I'm a casual user, but Dropbox seems to work nicely.
1:54 PM Dec 2nd
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Trust doesn't come from objectivity; comes from admitting your POV - @ at
12:43 PM Dec 2nd
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- Name Tom Davidson
- Location Tehran
- Bio Find out stuff. It's educational and often amusing.
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