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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (119648)11/15/2003 11:13:01 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<The only way there will ever be peace in Iraq is some group of "federalists" finally are forced to own the problem of creating stability and social order and justice.>

Hawk, you can't force somebody to own the problem. Iraq seems a bit like Yugoslavia. Tito went and then there was fractiousness as religious and tribal groups shuffled for power. Nato sorted it out and put Milosevic back in his box.

I think Iraqi fragmentation into what the locals seem to think are identity groups, Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites is the answer, with a reconstituted United Nations acting as federal supervisor and each country running their own place.

The federalists you describe should logically be the New United Nations. A bit like we have the Queen as Head of State and all she does is call elections and act as a civilizing influence. If push comes to shove, she can dissolve the political situation and call new elections.

In the global scene, the elected head of the NUN would have only the power to call elections. Not be mister bossy-britches. If there's civil insurrection, as there has been in Iraq, then NUN troops and police would stablize the situation, as is now being done in Iraq by the COW [Coalition of Willing].

Since the USA likes democracy, they'd obviously love such a NUN federal system.

Simple really.

Mqurice
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