Qadir frowned, "Why not? He gets along well with the highest commander of the Persian Revolutionary Guard, Avanti..."
"Getting along well doesn't mean he'll become someone else's henchman."
Hashimi interrupted, "I've studied this Lord Dong. He came here in '04 to do small business, later moving from a small security contractor to today's 'Northwest King'. It's not by picking sides, but by balancing. He collaborates with everyone, but is controlled by no one. Americans, Persians, Kurds, Shiye Sect, Sunni Sect... he can do business with all, but never fully leans to any one side."
Jassim nodded thoughtfully, "So he needs this new force to maintain some independence. Neither fully obeying Baghdad, nor fully obeying Elbil..."
