The thing most worrisome about the situation now, is that discrimination based on sect has become so commonplace. For the average educated Iraqi in Baghdad, there is still scorn for all the Sunni/Shia talk. Sadly though, people are being pushed into claiming to be this or that because political parties are promoting it with every speech and every newspaper- the whole ‘us’ / ‘them’. We read constantly about how ‘We Sunnis should unite with our Shia brothers…’ or how ‘We Shia should forgive our Sunni brothers…’ (note how us Sunni and Shia sisters don’t really fit into either equation at this point). Politicians and religious figures seem to forget at the end of the day that we’re all simply Iraqis.
And what role are the occupiers playing in all of this? It’s very convenient for them, I believe. It’s all very good if Iraqis are abducting and killing each other- then they can be the neutral foreign party trying to promote peace and understanding between people who, up until the occupation, were very peaceful and understanding.
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No. I think she's missed the F*ckUp factor. The occupiers are simply incompetent boobs who had no idear what they we doing as they planned it, acted on the planning, and are sitting in the middle of the mess they created.. . .
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Have to disagree here. The plan was to set up American missile and monitoring bases on the edge of the Indian Ocean region. Saudi Arabia said no. As did the Philippines and South Korea. Saddam Hussein was encouraging but, in the end, the price he asked (the return of Kuwait and better access to the Persian Gulf) was too high and he had to be put in his place. Since threats didn't work to make him compliant, it became necessary to remove him and replace him with people more agreeable to the over-all plan. That the Iraqi people would be resistant to having American military installations in their midst just didn't occur to anyone important. After all, they'd put up with a dictator all those years. Who'd have thunk they'd resist a kinder, gentler rule?
hannah
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