David Hobby wrote: > Personally, I think the best solution is to help Iraq turn > into three separate countries in a peaceful manner. > (One each for the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites.)
And how do you propose that be done? From what I can make out, most Iraqis seem unhappy with the notion of a partition or two, and very few areas contain just one ethnic group. So any such division is bound to involve uprooting and dislocation of a lot of people. Given the high emotional fallout of any such dislocation, and considering the somewhat stressful conditions the Iraqis have already been living under, I rate the chances of such an upheaval remaining largely peaceful as between nil and zilch. Besides, such partitions not only give boost to sectarian violence, they are almost always the cause of further unrest. > It would be best for the Iraqi people, I really don't agree. It would be a very messy situation even with the best of planning and execution, and I doubt that either the planning or the execution would be anything to write home about. Ritu GCU Partitions Are Bad, Mmm'kay _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
