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2005-09-30 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-30 08:51|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Expats who have spent decades working in Arab countries can entertain you for hours with bitter-sweet stories of the self-destructive habits they have encountered among Arabs.

Tell us the one about the bathroom sinks, feet and nasal passages again.

Posted by Chuper Whegum3442 2005-09-30 09:56|| 2005-09-30 09:56|| Front Page Top

#2 LOL, CW!

Posted by .com 2005-09-30 15:10|| 2005-09-30 15:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Again,

What motivation will the Shiia have to not destroy the Sunni when we pull out the majority of our forces?

A carrot, a stick, both?

Why allow a dishonest kniving group of overlording Baathists to come in and play in your new government when you know their intention is infiltration and eventual overthrow?

Any thoughts?

EP

Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-09-30 16:09|| 2005-09-30 16:09|| Front Page Top

#4 1. main reason is that if they destroy the Sunni, all the neighbors looking for excuses to carve them up will do so.

2. Some Shia, esp in Baghdad, actually have friends and neighbors who are sunni, are intermarried, etc.

3. A jihad against the Sunnis necessarily means empowering the most extreme among the Shiia. Other factions among the Shia wont like that.

4. Many of the technocrats who make Iraq "work" are Sunnis (no this wasnt KSA that could afford to hire foreigners for that). Kill em all, nothing will run.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-09-30 16:28|| 2005-09-30 16:28|| Front Page Top

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