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Originally posted by JanusCole
I'll play. The answer is that Iraq needs to become a stable, peaceful democracy.
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I just don't see that happening. I believe that is an unattainable objective. The history of tribal enmities runs too long and too deep.
Also there is very little respect for democratic traditions in that part of the world. People don't vote the platform of a candidate in Iraq - they vote his ethnicity and tribe. What is the point of democracy under those circumstances? It reinforces the tribal divisions.
The US administration has behaved like the proverbial bull in the china shop. The place is a mess, and there's absolutely no solution to the mess - apart from very possibly a diplomatically brokered one that involves (a) all of the major players in the region and (b) the US eating a lot of crow. And for this the current US administration has far too much pride. And pride, as we all know, is the deadliest of the seven deadly sins.