I think this idea of a nationally accepted government born of mutal cooperation between Sunnis and Shiites is a pipe dream.
Sunnis don't trust Shiites. Palestinians don't trust Israelis. Dogs don't trust cats. Etc...it's just the way of things. After 4 years of fighting, and thousands dead, we are right back where we started: Do you trust them? No? Fight! Fight! Sunni's tolerate Shiites when they feel doing otherwise would result in death...and visa versa (as Saddam proved for decades). I dunno RoMunn....do you see a stable, trusted government composed of Shiites and Sunnis as a real possibility? Because right now, I don't :/ On 3/20/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It says everyone is tired of the war. What is important is the new > strategy, > not the additional troops. Look, the overall numbers don't really matter. > The Kurds are our buddies and basically always will be. The Shiites are > split over us, and the Sunnis hate us. hat needs to change are Sunni > attitudes- not about us, necessarily, but about their own government. When > they start to trust their government, things will get a lot easier. But > who > knows how long that will take. > > On 3/20/07, Zaphod wrote: > > > > What about the "Violence against U.S. forces "acceptable" > > > > 2004 - 17% > > 2006 - 51% > > > > What does that say about how much a troop surge will help? > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230815 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
