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To: TimF who wrote (228203)	4/7/2005 5:48:44 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584008

Exactly. Than perhaps we agree more on the substance of this particular issue then we disagree, having only a semantic disagreement, or just different ways of expressing or spinning our ideas. Presumably we do have some substantive disagreement, I imagine you are more pessimistic about the situation than I am, but it might be that your to one side of some middle and I am to the other, rather then really being at two extremes. Too often in political debate there is a tendency to see the other side as having a more extreme opinion than their actual opinion. There can even be pressure to express your own opinion in a more extreme way thinking that acknowledging nuance and shades of grey can weaken your argument against an impassioned, relentless debate partner. Your original premise was if the Sunnis would just stop hooking up with the insurgents, we could leave Iraq. My response was that there wasn't much incentive for the Sunnis to cooperate because that would forced them to be subservient to the Shi'ite. Apparently, you may have trouble with the word, subservient. I didn't mean literally that the Sunnis would be enslaved by the Shi'ites but rather they will not be able to take the lead like they did under Saddam. People have a hard time accepting a major loss of power. That's what I see happening with the Sunnis and why I don't see them truly cooperating any time soon. I hope I am wrong. ted