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

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How then do you split the oil revenue and debt owed to other countries?

We have this discussion in Canada every time  the Province of Quebec 
wants to split off to be its own country.
Everone wants the other guy to take the debt bit everybody wants as much 
of the new money
as they can get.

Dan Clemmensen wrote:

> Dirk Bruere wrote:
>
>>
>> Don't worry - the insurgency will die down when the war is officially 
>> over... er... when saddam is captured... er... when  elections are 
>> held... er... when the handover to a provisional Iraqi govt is 
>> made... er... when the new constitution is created... er... when more 
>> elections are held... er...
>>
>> How about - WHEN THE US AND BRITISH FUCK OFF OUT OF IRAQ ALTOGETHER.
>>
> Granted, Bush started the war for ideological reasons, and fooled 
> himself into thinking there was a way to win this war, also based on 
> ideology rather than facts. Reasoning from idology rather than facts 
> will lead you astray no matter what your ideology is.
>
> But now the war has happened. The problem is how to extract ourselves 
> witht he least additional damage.  Simply pulling out as fast as 
> physically possible may be the least bad solution, but it will not 
> stop the insurgency. It will lead to an ugly 3-way civil war.
>
> 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.
>
>
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