Re: Wishful thinking or not, and for what it's worth, it's the worst rift I'm aware of and the one that's discussed the most.
Ok, let's do a bit of geopolitical fiction... Suppose for a moment that the US war machine had invaded South Africa instead of Iraq: 150,000 US troops criss-crossing, rampaging, messing around in your country --for your sake, for white South Africans' sake. Now, after three years of occupation, US invaders are not satisfied with their South African "experiment"... things just don't turn out the way they expected --not enough hatred, not enough distrust, has been sown among South Africa's vying constituencies (whites, blacks, Indians, Zulus, Bantus, you name it) as a result of the US occupation.
So, our CIA and Pentagon schemers have deemed it necessary to help the process a little bit.... A sudden, growing wave of terrorism starts ripping South Africa: car-bombs blow up in white neighborhoods --only to be blamed on black terrorists. Car-bombs blow up in Zulu areas --only to be pinned on Bantu terrorists. Likewise, car-bombs blow up in Bantu areas, only to be blamed on Zulu terrorists. Occasionally, a few US troops are killed by a roadside bomb --to be blamed on "Al Qaeda infiltrators" (coming from Zimbabwe, to be sure). Etc, etc. At that point, Searle, "the worst rift I'm aware of and the one that's discussed the most" would be South Africa's (US-manufactured) racial war --not Iraq's.
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