Sultan, re: "This is all about power.. And not about Sunni survival as such.. True that in Iraq, Sunnis are minority but in global Islam, Shia are only 15%.."
Power in Iraq, and what it means to those on the short end of the power curve, was the point of my post. I was responding to Rough Cut's assertion that to further the "natural right" of men to be free America should militarily oppose the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.
My point was that the Sunni, by forming a violent insurgency were, in fact, fighting for their freedom.
My words regarding Sunni minorities were over broad. I should have made it clear that I was saying that the Sunnis in Iraq were fighting for their survival as a sect.
Fringe elements on both side, Sunnis and Shias have tainted Islam.. Al Qaeda is 100% Sunnis.. And their founding philosophy is based on Saudi Arabia's Wahabism. A particularly intolerant, narrow and virulent outlook.. So called fundamentalists.. Any where AlQaeda operates, being Shia is enough for you get killed.
I'm not sure how "fringe" those elements are. If the non-fringe elements of a society don't have the desire or the courage to step up to the plate then those we call "the fringe elements" will exercise power.
You seem to know a lot about this subject. What is your opinion regarding the viability of a "free and democratic Iraq?" If, somehow, you can see a future for that, how do you see it working and, particularly, how would it work for the minority sects? Ed |
