Mq:
Concerning the new Iraq government, a lot of the effort must be going into avoiding bad situations, while trying to get a workable solution.
I retract any concept of having a 3 State division to begin with. Would cause problems.
1. A single unified Iraq is needed to begin with for efficiency. For foreign funding, for economic dealings and to avoid confusing the public. Prevent neighboring countries from sponsoring one State ( like a Kurdish State) to foment revolts.
2. They will need something more than a majority vote to
keep the country and economy working. Farming and rural areas could be devastated if the majorities living in cities such as Baghdad always got their way on the use of land or natural resources.
The US has a great array of old laws protecting farming, irrigation, grazing, mining, and States rights which IRAQ will be lacking if all new laws are enacted.
For reasons like those I disagree with the concept of having an immediate election to be won by the 60% of Shiite population.
What is required is a man of vision or a small group of people dedicated to getting the entire nation working- with farmers rights, water rights, property rights, mineral rights, fit together so that no one group gains the upper
hand to the detriment of minorities.
A nearly impossible task, so things will go wrong, and be fodder for those who claimed the US was lacking post-war planning.
We may have been unprepared for that, as I dont recall any
college courses such as "Nation Building 101" offered by US schools. |
