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2006-01-15 Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-15 00:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 More than anything else, I think the Anbar Sunnis are running low on motivation. Since it's abundantly clear that the US doesn't want to *rule* them; *and* that there are important Sunnis in the new government, *and* that these guys aren't complaining too much; *and* there are fewer and fewer outsiders to rile them up; *and* even lots more coppers against the local tough boyz and gangs.

I mean, they're running low on their supply of seethe. And there is a big difference between grumbling over your morning coffee and launching a few bullets in the direction of someone who most likely will kill you.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-15 09:39|| 2006-01-15 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 The turning point was the first election and a functioning interim government afterwards, I think. The smarter Sunnis realized they were about to seethe themselves out of any power at all. The less smart ones, in many cases, got themselves hlown up or shot -- and increasingly, turned in by their neighbors.

War can't make them democratic but it sure as hell can help set the preconditions for it.

Posted by lotp 2006-01-15 09:53|| 2006-01-15 09:53|| Front Page Top

#3 YOU DONT SEE THE MSM OR AP PRINTING THIS ANYWAY WHERE ANYONE WOULD READ IT

Posted by bgrebel9 2006-01-15 12:25|| 2006-01-15 12:25|| Front Page Top

#4 That's because the MSM is fated to use the California Case which is caps and lower case.

Posted by 6 2006-01-15 14:17|| 2006-01-15 14:17|| Front Page Top

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