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2006-04-30 Iraq

Merits of partition, civil war in Iraq debated by analysts

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-04-30 01:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I need to eat crow to admit this (ummm yum, yum...an acquired taste I've come to love) but I have come to believe that the best thing that happened to Iraq is the need to compromise between the three major divisions to create a country.

Way back when, I thought it was crazy not to just divide them into three unified countries - but I have changed my mind and now think that a good government is one that is capable of being able to handle such divisions and still survive.

I now think that these divisions may be the best thing that happend to them. I think the best chance is for them to form a government that can satisfy all citizens of Iraq - and I think they can do it. I wish them luck.

Posted by 2b 2006-04-30 07:01|| 2006-04-30 07:01|| Front Page Top

#2 military officers and security experts find themselves in a vigorous debate over an idea that just months ago was largely dismissed as a fringe thought: that the surest -- and perhaps now the only -- way to bring stability to Iraq is to divide the country into three pieces.

Better late than never.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-04-30 10:09|| 2006-04-30 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I have an idea, let's see what the Iraqis want.

Posted by Perfessor 2006-04-30 10:51|| 2006-04-30 10:51|| Front Page Top

#4 To kill each other, Perfessor.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-04-30 11:58|| 2006-04-30 11:58|| Front Page Top

#5 There will be partition and it will be 'hard'. The only way I see it could be avoided is if the Shiias and Sunnis decide to bury their differences and combine to fight the Kurds, which I don't see happening nor would the Americans tolerate.

I agree Baghdad is a thorny problem and the partition there may be particularly bloody, but I strongly suspect ethnic partitioning is already happening and has been for a while in Baghdad and elsewhere. The issue is, will the tempo increase?

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-04-30 14:55|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-04-30 14:55|| Front Page Top

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