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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (213913)12/28/2004 12:58:03 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (3) of 1572604
 
For what ever reason, the situation in Iraq has gotten to the point where there isn't an easy solution.

There is a very easy solution.

1- Hold the elections as best as possible in a month.

2- After February 15th or so limit coalition activity to training of Iraqi security forces. Significantly reduce the coalition involvement in anything that Iraqis should be doing themselves. No coalition raids, counterstrikes, sweeps, etc. There shouldn't even be bases inside the cities. Put the training facilities in remote locations.

3- Do not release the funds allocated for rebuilding in a region until that region is deemed relatively safe.

4- Let them settle for themselves how they want to govern and live, as long as their decision includes future elections (so that if they head down an unpopular path as is going on in Iran, the people have the ability to vote the leaders out in 2-4 years.

If the Sunnis can't handle being #2 political group in Iraq, separate the country into Sunnistan, Shiastan and Kurdistan. The Sunnis will get the areas without oil, and screw 'em. If they aren't happy with that result, they have only themselves to blame. They can even call the new Sunni country Osamistan if they want.

The main thing is to hold elections, no matter how flawed they may be, then make the coalition's role nothing more than training of the new government's security forces. At that point, its the new Iraq versus a bunch of criminals. That's not a complicated exit strategy at all.
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