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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (185022)	4/12/2006 12:48:53 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

<"playing off" one Islamo-Fascist "flavor" against another (shia vs sunni) is merely another way of saying "let's get them to kill one another off"...> That has been current USA policy for years. Guess how Afghanistan was won? It was the Northern Alliance against the Taleban. In Iraq it was Shiites versus Sunnis [or more precisely, Tikritis]. The USA or any other third party would have a lot of trouble swaggering into a place, like the early 20th century Japanese, and simply taking over. That would require a similar style to that of the Japanese [and nearly all other conquerors of pre 20th century times - that was just how it was with one tribe genocidal over another, with the main target the competing Y chromosome, while the women largely lived, which is how a LOT of mammals work]. Far better to back one against the other. There is usually a "good guy" to be selected against the "evil doers". Unfortunately, the "good guys" often don't seem all that nice when they are in charge. The British didn't want "killing off", they wanted to rule and create a larger mercantile empire. The fighting part is quite annoying and preferably there's none of it. Maoris figured it out quite quickly and the Treaty of Waitangi largely put an end to the carnage, though there was some continued strife among the various parties. <an ideological conflagration that we are in a position of pre-empting NOW, if we have the resolve.> I think the USA is less able to do it than a properly constituted NUN would be. The USA is carrying too much baggage and is seen as a self-dealing empire builder. But of course the USA is much better than the Saddamistas and I dare say most Iraqis recognize that. Though obviously plenty don't. Mqurice