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To: combjelly who wrote (310567)	11/13/2006 1:02:48 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576875

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.... Kurdistan is largely partinioned already. 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. I hear some pragmatism coming from the Hamilton/Baker group...heresy like "talk to your enemies"...what a concept. Al

To: combjelly who wrote (310567)	11/13/2006 3:11:48 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576875

"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. You guys are forgetting about the oil. There would not be nearly the fighting there is now if Iraq wasn't sitting on the second largest oil reserves in the world. The prize is a big one.....worth all the killing in their eyes. "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." I say get out of the way. A million troops on the ground won't keep people from fighting if they want to........not in a democracy. That works only in a dictatorship.