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To: Alighieri who wrote (310560)	11/13/2006 12:35:08 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576661

"The McCain approach...unfortunately it'll take a couple of generations to get these folks to forget their differences. Look at ireland." Or even longer. The status quo can't change until there is some economic development, and that won't happen very quickly with the chaos. So it would be rebuild a little, protect it as well as we can, rebuild a little more, oops they nailed some earlier improvements, etc. "This is the Murtha solution. Get out of the way, stay in the region to make sure that the fight is not influenced by outsiders to the extent possible, and let them fight it out until they are tired." With one difference. Partition the country to save as much as possible. The Kurds don't seem all that interested in playing the sectarian game. They are interested in having control over their lives. Unfortunately, there are some who want to help their fellow Kurds in Turkey, Syria and Iran. Or, at least the governments of those countries are afraid they are. That is something we can do something about. I am pretty sure the Kurds would be willing to trade off a little sovereignty to the US if they could otherwise have their own country. Shiastan is going to fall under the influence of Iran. No way to stop that, in fact trying to stop will make them want it even more. If we do it amicably and try to have some influence and use that influence to build a viable middle class, at some point the Shiastanis are going to start wondering why Iran is calling the shots.