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Leaving aside the "politics"...
Fred Dehl wrote: Harry Krause wrote in news:05adnVDg0K195mLeRVn- : ...on Iraq... How bad or good for the United States as a nation would it be if Iraq devolved into a much larger scale, ongoing civil war that resulted in the dividing of that country into Sunni and Sh'ite sectors? You mean like how it actually WAS before Churchill f%xked it up? I wasn't going to comment in this thread- but I'll make an exception since for maybe the first time in a zillion I *agree* with Fred. :-) Nations form when people have common bonds of language, religion, tradition, and other values. Trying to make a nation from three groups like the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds is like pouring crankcase oil, water, and honey into a gallon jug and then wondering why it doesn't all blend together nicely. The Brits probably thought, "Hell, nobody lives out there but a bunch of sand people anyway- so let's just lump a big area together, give it a name, and make it easier to administer." The only reason it hadn't fallen apart in the last 20 years is that Saddam insisted on a secular government and also scared the crap out of all sides. The US has allowed the people to vote in a constitution that is at least semi-religious, and we can't scare the crap out of *anybody* without playing into the propaganda program of the religious fanatics.... we're in a tough spot. We should have looked at a bigger picture before invading this place, but now that we're there it's obvious that *nobody* has a good solution for resolving matters and getting out. Too bad. |
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