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2006-12-09 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by tipper 2006-12-09 11:18|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I lean towards option 3, "concentrate political attention on supporting the majority Shiites and abandon US efforts to reach out to Sunni insurgents."

The Sunni are doomed no matter what -- they've dug their own grave and it's just a matter how long it will take the Shia and Kurds to put them in it. So reaching out to them is a waste of time and resources.

Also, we have to make sure that the Iraqi Shia don't become a puppet of the Iranian Shia. Given that the Iraqi Shia are predominately Arabs while Iran is dominated by Shia Persians -- and the minority populations of Iran are less than happy with their Persian masters, that may not be as difficult as many people seem to think.

Posted by PatP 2006-12-09 12:06|| 2006-12-09 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Suggestion: allow the Sunnis to move gracefully, lock stock and barrel, to Syria. They get out of a bad situation, they get to live again under a Ba'athist thug-dictatorship which seems to be their preference, and we get to concentrate our enemies into one place.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-09 12:45|| 2006-12-09 12:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Bush to outline three options for Iraq

I wonder if the DemoCraps and our State dept. are factoring in an influx of a of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees becoming citizens here in the USA.

/mindless nation of immigrants thingy...

Posted by RD 2006-12-09 14:58|| 2006-12-09 14:58|| Front Page Top

#4 The Sunnis have been pouring out of the Iraq without any assistance thus far, Dr. Steve. From what I've noticed here at Rantburg, for the most part they're joining their compatriots in Jordan, Syria and Iran. The Iraqis pay close attention to our news, so no doubt this and similar reports will spur the on-going exodus without much effort on our part.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-09 14:59|| 2006-12-09 14:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Option # four is missing:

Bring back area-bombing and reduce Sadr City and Ramadi to piles of smouldering rubble. Oh, then get the hell out of Iraq.

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