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	<title>Comments on: Iraq: I Thought We Were Fighting for Their Democracy</title>
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		<title>By: Dragon Horse</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dragon Horse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree Iraq should be divided, but the problem is, none of their neighbors want a Kurdish state on their borders and Sunnis don&#039;t want a Shiite Arab state.

I would recommend a de facto independence, like Switzerland, that is so devolved politically, each canton is almost like an autonomous region, they can then just divide the oil wealthy based on % of population in each region.  The problem is that Iraqis, I don&#039;t believe are as &quot;civilized&quot; as the Swiss.  They also don&#039;t have the motivation. Switzerland came together, not out of like for each other, but because they did not want to be taken over and ruled by larger powers, they saw that a Zero Sum game was not going to work and they had to work together despite linguistic and religious differences.  Iraqis are not in that situation and don&#039;t have such a mindset (not in mass).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree Iraq should be divided, but the problem is, none of their neighbors want a Kurdish state on their borders and Sunnis don&#8217;t want a Shiite Arab state.</p>
<p>I would recommend a de facto independence, like Switzerland, that is so devolved politically, each canton is almost like an autonomous region, they can then just divide the oil wealthy based on % of population in each region.  The problem is that Iraqis, I don&#8217;t believe are as &#8220;civilized&#8221; as the Swiss.  They also don&#8217;t have the motivation. Switzerland came together, not out of like for each other, but because they did not want to be taken over and ruled by larger powers, they saw that a Zero Sum game was not going to work and they had to work together despite linguistic and religious differences.  Iraqis are not in that situation and don&#8217;t have such a mindset (not in mass).</p>
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		<title>By: brotherbrown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Iraq may yet have to be divided.  The current administration is in too deep to see things clearly, so it will be up to Obama&#039;s Administration to bring the whole thing to closure.  I just hope it does not take another 2-3 years; we have enough to worry about right here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iraq may yet have to be divided.  The current administration is in too deep to see things clearly, so it will be up to Obama&#8217;s Administration to bring the whole thing to closure.  I just hope it does not take another 2-3 years; we have enough to worry about right here.</p>
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