Cool -- Absolutely Nothing To Do With The Bakken -- Open Skies -- The Three I's

Israel --> Iraq --> Iran

Well, this is cool.

With the departure of US troops in Iraq, Iraqi's air space is pretty much unprotected, unless one thinks the Iraqis have their air force up and running. Yeah, right.

From Israel's point of view, it has been told by the current US administration: "Hey, you're on your own."

It will be interesting to see if Iraq invites the US back in to provide some type of top cover for its new OPEN SKIES ad hoc policy.

“I would hope we would jump to defend Iraqi airspace,” said James Carafano, a military analyst at the Heritage Foundation. “These are the kinds of contingency plans that ought to be put in place.”

Let's see: the US exits Iraq because US-Iraq can't agree on immunity boundaries for any remaining security troops; Israel (a US ally?) attacks Iran (not a US ally) and Jim wants the US to "jump" to defend Iraqi airspace. Why?

And the Heritage Foundation is a conservative advocacy think tank.