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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steeny who wrote (12557)	2/25/2003 1:33:32 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

I don't see how a democratic government in Iraq could work given the current demographic ratio of Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites, especially given the affinities these groups have to neighborhing nations. I think there could become a democratic Kurd nation; however, Turkey, Syria and Iran have issue with this. There could become a democratic Shiite nation, however Iran and Saudi Arabia would have issue with this. The only way I think it could work is if somehow Iraq's Shiite population can be lessened to a point where there are close to equal numbers of all three elements. This way each woud have to reach to the other in order to elect a supportive government. Perhaps Iran and Saudi Arabia could be convinced to allow some of Iraq's Shiite population to join their respective nations. Failing some kind of arrangement similar to the above, I see nothing but trouble in the aftermath of the US taking over Iraq. The only winner I see is OBL who'll have a very fertile recruiting ground given that the Americans killed and attempted to control the Moslem world. Frankly, I'm shocked to see our president doing OBL's bidding. What would have worked is the following: a) The issue of not obeying UN Resolutions? Go after Israel first for refusing to obey, and force them into compliance. Once this is accomplished it's easier to influence friends in the pan-Arabia world. b) The issue of tyranical government? Take down some other dictator first, Saddam next. Doing it this way would virtually assure Arab cooperation in the act. c) The issue of weapons of mass destruction? Force both Iraq and Israel to disarm. But before any of the above happens, first deal with North Korea!