[extropy-chat] can't war protesters do better?

[Dirk Bruere]

Dan Clemmensen wrote:

> Dirk Bruere wrote:
>
>> Dan Clemmensen wrote:
>>
>>> I've come to the conclusion that the least bad solution would be a 
>>> 3-way partition of Iraq, leaving the Shiites, Kurds, and Sunnis with 
>>> separate areas with their own governments. The Shiites would come 
>>> under Iranian control, The Sunnis under Saudi control, and the Kurds 
>>> would remain an independent state This would be a really, really bad 
>>> solution, but I cannot think of a better one that has any chace of 
>>> success.
>>>
>> I don't see that as bad at all, if it's what the people there 
>> actually want (which I think it is).
>> However, I can see why the US might think it a bad idea and why no 
>> Iraqi lives will be spared to stop it from happening unless a lot 
>> more US soldiers are killed and public opinion is turned massively 
>> against the war. Still, Iraq is what Britain and the US have made all 
>> on their own. Karma.
>>
> It a really bad idea because the three groups are extensively 
> co-mingled in many areas. The human costs of a partition would be 
> high. Look at the partition of India as the prime example. (the only 
> example?)
>
Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia.

> We cannot speak of "the Iraqi people." There is no such group, and 
> this is the single most glaring mistake of the Bush ideology. Thus, we 
> cannot ask if "the Iraqi people" want a partition.
>
We can speak of 'the people in Iraq'.
So there will be ethnic cleansing - so what? It's going to happen 
anyway, so why not make it a lot easier for all concerned by properly 
organising it?
It would be a lot less costly if the US dealt in real estate 
transactions than bombs.

-- 
Dirk

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