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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Triffin who wrote (40955)4/26/2004 10:32:24 AM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) of 794251
 
Hi Jim,
Just a wild thought(s) for a moment. Allow the Turks to take over the Kurdish north but with a promise for some autonomy for all the Kurds in both former iraa and Turkey. A grand rapprochement is no more ridiculous an idea than all the others being profferred and both the Kurds and Turks have a democratic connection. Ultimately it would be nice to include kurds in iran and syria in this new kurdistan. Also this gives Turks and Kurds control of the northern oil reserves.
Now to the south. We need to take out al sadr for sistanis benefit. A southern shia islamic state, hopefully more moderate than iran but certainly less powerful and wealth, would at least check the Wahabis.
The triangle--step away from it. Move troops to safe locations. Let them have their civil war. Who knows, maybe the iraqis will figure out who to defeat and who to give power to. Cant see where the US can play a positive role for whomever we ally with, gets tarred by us.
Good Luck Iraq but perhaps its time to reassess american policy and admit that we can win wars but not peace or at least not win the peace when we are undermanned. Mike
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