The current government is run by the Shias and has been ignoring ethnic cleansing of Sunnis from a large swath of Baghdad.
I don't think our credibility is slipping at all inside Iraq. In fact, some of the Sunnis are coming to the realization that we are their only chance for survival, because if we leave the Shiites are going to wipe them out. I have also heard that some Sunnis are realizing that it was a big mistake to start a guerilla war against Iraqi Shiites who outnumber them 3-1 and, since March, have been increasingly using guerilla and terror tactics against the Sunnis. Sooner or later Iraqis are going to want peace. The only question is whether they come to that conclusion in a few months, a few years, or a few decades. As for getting out, I heard an interesting question posed about Iraq. If we get out like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi want us to do, and then Iraq (or the wider Middle East) goes up in flames because we have left a power vacuum, what do we do then? I have never heard anything even resembling a strategy from Democrats about how we move forward. All I ever hear is (Monty Python quote coming), "Run away! Run away some more!". On 1/8/07, Dana wrote: > > interesting article on this in Newsweek a few weeks ago. The gist of > it was that the current government feels there is no problem... kill > enough Shia and the problem goes away. Both sides of the Sunni - Shia > divide get poitical mileage out of denouncing Americans, but rely on > us to keep order. The only way out is to get them to sign on to some > sort of accord *now* as our credibility ther eis slipping fast > > I thought the article was quite thoughtful and well-thought-out. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224141 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
