Comments on: Mixed Messages From Iraq

By: dmac

dmac — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:37:34 +0000

I’m at a loss as to why an obvious point has rarely been raised by these actions – do they not bespeak of a desperate ploy by the insurgents at this point? Think about it – after all the bombings, kidnappings and beheadings, they’ve still failed to win over a majority of the Iraqi people to their cause. This is the type of incident that’s not designed to win over anyone, but it is intended to just throw more sh-t on the wall to see what sticks.

This is not a show of strength, but of a weakness that is growing weaker by the day.

By: Hokie Explorer

Hokie Explorer — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:25:51 +0000

Yes, that part was a little bit satirical.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:23:45 +0000

…but surely you don’t mean the part about it will feel great to be vindicated (i.e., to see Iraq descend into civil war), and the bit about the slap in the face of the dead Americans?…

By: Hokie Explorer

Hokie Explorer — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:49:03 +0000

Represenative government rather. Apparently, my hangover adversly affects my typing :\

By: Hokie Explorer

Hokie Explorer — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:47:18 +0000

Not really.

Iraq is ethnically and religiously divided. These people haven’t liked, trusted, or otherwise got along for thousands of years and to try and cobble them together into a represenative is simply not going to work in my opinion. I think civil war is not only likely but it is inevitable. I also think that in the end Iraq is going to fragment into mini-states with the Kurds in the North and Shiites in the South. The Sunnis being a minority that don’t really have a home area will probably suffer the most as they will not have much access to any of Iraq’s oil.

A civil war would basically undo everything that we have done. Quite frankly it will be a disaster.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:27:12 +0000

Hokie, you’re engaging in satire, I hope?

By: Hokie Explorer

Hokie Explorer — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:08:31 +0000

I’ve been predicting civil war since the beginning of all of this. Sooner or later its going to happen. Its going to feel great when I’m finally vindicated. Will be a nice slap in the face for all the Americans who lost their lives trying to do something pointless.