Comments on: A Short, Critical Piece on Iraq http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/28/a-short-critical-piece-on-iraq/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Real Ugly American.com » Blog Archive » Diplomacy Helped To Calm the Chaos http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/28/a-short-critical-piece-on-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-13478 The Real Ugly American.com » Blog Archive » Diplomacy Helped To Calm the Chaos Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:48:31 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/28/a-short-critical-piece-on-iraq/#comment-13478 [...] The Indepundit [] [Print This Post] [Permalink] [Trackback URI] No Comments� [...] [...] The Indepundit [] [Print This Post] [Permalink] [Trackback URI] No Comments� [...]

]]> By: A Blog For All http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/28/a-short-critical-piece-on-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-13423 A Blog For All Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:39:31 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/28/a-short-critical-piece-on-iraq/#comment-13423 <strong>Numbers</strong> The butchers bill must be laid at the feet of the perpetrators of the attack on the Golden Dome mosque. They knew that their action would cause some to resort to violence, and hoped that the sectarian violence would spiral out of the control of the I... Numbers

The butchers bill must be laid at the feet of the perpetrators of the attack on the Golden Dome mosque. They knew that their action would cause some to resort to violence, and hoped that the sectarian violence would spiral out of the control of the I…

]]> By: Hokie Explorer http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/28/a-short-critical-piece-on-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-13405 Hokie Explorer Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:47:02 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/28/a-short-critical-piece-on-iraq/#comment-13405 Thats a good idea; however, one of the biggest challenges will be trying to establish a national identity around the idea of a civic community and not an ethno-religious one. I think the average Iraqi might identify more with being a Shiite, or a Sunni, than an Iraqi and that problem has to go away. There is also substantial corruption in all layers of the military/police/government which is a huge problem. Thats a good idea; however, one of the biggest challenges will be trying to establish a national identity around the idea of a civic community and not an ethno-religious one. I think the average Iraqi might identify more with being a Shiite, or a Sunni, than an Iraqi and that problem has to go away. There is also substantial corruption in all layers of the military/police/government which is a huge problem.

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