A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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November 29, 2005Who Would Win?I'm not a fan of Juan Cole, but in this post raising an interesting question: Why can't the Iraqi majority of Shiites and Kurds beat the Sunni Arab miniority in a fair fight? Posted by rickheller at November 29, 2005 10:15 AM Comments
Could it possibly be that the reason they can't beat them in a fair fight is because a civil war would be the LAST THING THEY NEED RIGHT NOW? Seriously. The goal is reconciliation and resolution of conflict through political action and rule of law, not putting bullets in fellow citizens. As if the Sunnis and Shiites don't have all the military advice, experience cadres, and advanced weapons technology they need, in the Coalition forces. If they wanted to make it a "fair" fight, the Sunnis would be most unfairly annihilated by now, and the battle for Iraq would be just getting started, instead of winding down. Why do you think the Sunnis are participating more and more in the democratic process in Iraq? It's because they're getting the message loud and clear "you can't beat us; why not join us, instead?" Posted by: stutefish at November 29, 2005 11:39 AM |
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