http://informedspeculation.com/2007/02/07/the-surge-begins/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://informedspeculation.com/2007/02/07/the-surge-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-228700 Jim Harrison Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:01:11 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/02/07/the-surge-begins/#comment-228700 To the extent that we actually kill some Sunnis, we will merely succeed in guaranteeing a pro-Iranian, Shia-dominated Iraq. Indeed, unless we go to war against Iran, a mighty risky proposition, the net effect of all our activiites in Iraq will have been to ensure Iranian hegemony in the region. Many people objected to the invasion on moral grounds, but the whole operation was pretty dumb from a Real Politik point of view. To the extent that we actually kill some Sunnis, we will merely succeed in guaranteeing a pro-Iranian, Shia-dominated Iraq. Indeed, unless we go to war against Iran, a mighty risky proposition, the net effect of all our activiites in Iraq will have been to ensure Iranian hegemony in the region. Many people objected to the invasion on moral grounds, but the whole operation was pretty dumb from a Real Politik point of view.

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