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To: RMF who wrote (27700)	4/13/2008 10:21:17 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Re: It does seem unrealistic to think that the Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis are EVER going to "just all get along". Anything is possible. But I fear that (in the true spirit of Democracy and Nationalism), no 'solution' imposed from without, imposed by foreigners, will suffice. The locals will have to fight and scrap to reach their own workable accommodations... before a long-term peace is possible. Re: "There will be SOME sort of Federation System in Iraq for many years to come." That is one of the two main possibilities that I foresee (a relatively weak central government in Baghdad, under which significant power is pushed out to the regions to manage their own affairs, with the central government mainly their for foreign relations). The other is actual independence for 'Shia Iraq', for 'Kurdistan', and perhaps the Sunni region affiliating once again (as it previously was) into 'Trans-Jordan' or Arabia....