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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: KLP who wrote (9198)6/9/2006 12:55:12 AM
From: RMF  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
Two million Iraqis have left the country, (which is like 1 14th of the entire population. So I think you can say that those people didn't think things were "much" better.

The way it breaks down is the Kurds are ecstatic because they have essentially gotten the autonomy that they've always wanted. It's been a great deal for them....so far...

The Sunnis are screwed...cause they're getting killed by the insurgents AND by the Shiite militias. They also know that if the Shiites ever consolidate their power, the Sunnis will be pushed aside and won't get any jobs or say in the government. They aren't happy about how things are going and they will probably NEVER be.

Then you've got the Shiites. The very religious Shiites are happy, except some of the women who object to being treated like property. They'll just have to get used to it, because education, mobility in society, etc. will be gone for them.

The more secular Shiites are watching their backs, because they know they have targets on them from the likes of Al Sadr and his boys.

The million or so Christians are kinda "sh*t outta luck because they aren't gonna have the protection they were afforded under Saddam.

Now...if the U.S. pulls out, the Kurds will find themselves squeezed between the Turks in the north and the Iranian Shiites and the Iraqi Shiites running things in the south. They too may find that things haven't worked out so well after all.
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