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2006-09-14 Iraq

Federalism Plan Dead, Says Iraqi Speaker

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sunnis have generally opposed the plan, on grounds that it would leave them only with vast swaths of desert in the country's middle, devoid of the oil reserves in the other regions.

After all their boycotts and refusal to participate, it's hilarious to watch the Sunnis scramble for political position now that they realize they're about to be stuck with the fuzzy end of the lollipop. There isn't a bigger bunch of sanctimonious Arab bastards who deserve this sort of political marginalization more. Their track record in Iraq is a running joke.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-14 00:21|| 2006-09-14 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 "The United States is a federated system and it is leading the world. But this was after the Civil War," Mashhadani said. "So must we go through a civil war in order to achieve federalism?"

I just loved that statement.

I'm not sure why.

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-14 06:15|| 2006-09-14 06:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect that in the long run, the Sunnis will be divided into two groups. The urban Sunni will integrate and get along with most of the Shiite, and the rural Sunni will be encouraged to emigrate to Jordan.

Already, it is the urban Sunni that "go along to get along", and have few illusions, though they are very concerned about being oppressed by the radical Shiite. They could become a "comfortable minority."

The rural Sunni are pestiferous, however, and yet would possibly be welcomed with open arms in Jordan, being ethnically closer to the ruling Jordanian bedouins than either the Iraqi Shiites or the majority Palestinians in Jordan. This would help even out the non-Paleo demographics in Jordan.

This would also free up the Euphrates Valley for a lot of unified-Iraqi development.

The urban Sunni would also have a lot to contribute, being an educated class, and would win favor from the government by becoming government and business leaders.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-09-14 14:28|| 2006-09-14 14:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks, Moose.

Izzat a light at the end of the dark, dark tunnel?

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-14 16:01|| 2006-09-14 16:01|| Front Page Top

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