I want to talk a little bit about the division of iraq or keeping iraq whole. On the one hand, quh you look at some of these borders in the middle east, they were all done by the colonialists and i have often felt why should we be obligated to maintain those borders . Iraq is not a real state. It was slapped together. Youve got the kurds, you have the shia and the sunni, who really dont want to be part of each other, and so particularly the kurds, who have autonomy now, practically have their own nation, and probably will proclaim it very shortly, so my sympathies would be to say to the kurds, well, why should we suck you back into iraq . You have the right to your own nation. Frankly, nobody has ever explained to me why the palestinians are entitled to selfdetermination but somehow the kurds are not. I dont know i dont think thats fair, quite frankly. On the other hand, we are told that if the kurds break off, theres practically no way that you could stop the radicals from dominating
Have not had the direct testimony of those affected by it and those who represent some who are affected by it. And so thats what this hearing was before. The fact that some senators have left, dont let that bother you. Markups are unusual. And thats why they had to come because theyre all 13, and they had to go do something else, but youre the point of all this. I want that to be very, very clear to you. So as i said, very glad to welcome four witnesses who will help us understand firsthand the consequences of the instances and what they had to go through. Yoig this is not an easy subject to talk about, let that be said, okay, so that its painful. And however you reflect that pain, the committee understands it. Welcomes it, joins you in, you know, the difficulty of coming up here and testifying before a senate committee. Although its really not that difficult after all. The cruise industry, im happy to say, is not happy that im holding this hearing. Theyre very unhappy. Those companies
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