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2007-03-22 Iraq

Iraqi VP calls for talks with insurgents

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Posted by Steve White 2007-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Exactly, Steve.

Actually, far better to have WHAT'S LEFT of those Sunni communities drag themselves to the table to say "yes, whatever you want."

This is a cold-blooded strategy, not emotion. Iraq is far more likely to be reasonably even-keeled in the medium term if the Sunnis are taken down 1,234 notches. They're still far from "getting it" that their day is past.

(cue misinformed hysteria about Iranian influence if the Shi'a aren't "balanced" by the Sunnis - as if that's the way Iraqi society or politics work)

Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-22 00:27|| 2007-03-22 00:27|| Front Page Top

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