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2005-10-11 Iraq

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Posted by liberalhawk 2005-10-11 18:10|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Grrrrrrrr....

Posted by .com 2005-10-11 18:26|| 2005-10-11 18:26|| Front Page Top

#2 We need a No posters left behind program for libruls.

Posted by Thrineth Floter4574 2005-10-11 18:38|| 2005-10-11 18:38|| Front Page Top

#3 It's actually a more interesting article if you don't use the horizontal scrollbar, .com...

Posted by Raj 2005-10-11 18:53|| 2005-10-11 18:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Lol, Raj. I couldn't pass up teasing lh, though. :)

Posted by .com 2005-10-11 18:55|| 2005-10-11 18:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Okay. It's fixed.

Posted by Fred">Fred 2005-10-11 19:53|| 2005-10-11 19:53|| Front Page Top

#6 There are so many plusses and minuses to every outcome, that you reach the conclusion that in a democracy, more haggling is better.

For example, while the Sunnis are obviously troublesome, they will *also* push the Shiites towards greater secularism and the rights of women, etc. They have a vested interest in civil rights for the minorities, i.e. them; but this overflows to all the other minorities as well.

Remember US history, and the federalist vs. the anti-federalist arguments? Many of the same rules apply, of course in much distorted form. The Sunnis will push for a strong central government, the homogenation of society, and a lack of preferences for groups. The Kurds will do the opposite, and the Shiites will be somewhere in between. And a better result will come from haggling, with everybody getting something and nobody getting everything they want.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-11 20:09|| 2005-10-11 20:09|| Front Page Top

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