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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (4016)	11/1/2006 7:14:27 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

the VERY FACT that an intramural inter-Islamic dirty civil war will be fought over the carcas of the artificial nation of 'Iraq' (between extremist/expansionist Sunni & Shiite forces, and the nation proxies for the Saudis & Gulf Arabs and the Persians) means that the secular/Western world stands to benefit. There is nothing intrinsic to such a war being fought in Iraq that benefits the US, so its not "the very fact that...". Such a war could in theory benefit the US but I doubt it would in practice. The hope is that, ultimately, both* sets of fundamentalist extremists will be discredited among their own peoples...* That's a hope, not an automatic or definite result, and you have to consider the problems that arise before this discrediting. Just pulling our of Iraq will give a boost to the forces that you hope to discredit. The conflict you describe, should it occur, might give a further boost for quite awhile even if it does eventually serve to discredit them. For one thing: with Islam falling upon itself there will be little focus directed OUTWARD. There is no guarantee that all its energies will be directed inward, or that the total energy and capability of the more radical ideas and groups won't grow enough that even if they direct a greater percentage of their energy inwards they might not still have more energy and power to direct outwards. Certainly should one side or the other win, even on a local scale, it can build itself a base and expand its power. Remember: extremists already* are calling the shots* No they are not. They are a factor, in certain ways or places, a major one, but they don't totally call the shots. However they might under your plan.