Latest comments for http://polzoo.com , comment 0 to 5 out of 5 comments http://polzoo.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:42:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://polzoo.com/content/view/223/49/#pc_425 Splitting the country up isn't such an easy task, once you start to get down to the details of actually drawing the boundaries. Grassroot Vizir is right - if the US were largely responsible, there would undoubtedly be resentment on the part of the Arabs and the US would be viewed as continuing in the light of the British. So who would in fact be the determining factor on where the boundaries were drawn? Unfortunately it's not as easy as just looking at ethnic boundaries. Petroleum resources play a big role as well, and a simple ethnic division advantages some groups at the expense of others which causes friction. Unfortunately, it looks as though we've inserted ourselves into a mess that was leftover from the early 20th century, have a made a bigger mess, and have no idea on how to get out of it. We'll be there awhile. - lrandall Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:50:06 +0100 http://polzoo.com/content/view/223/49/#pc_401 If the US were to split up Iraq, it would lead to even greater anti-US sentiment throughout the Arab world because Sunni Arabs (which make up over 80%) would be infuriated. They would see it as the Imperialists coming to town again, redrawing all their borders. - Grassroot Vizir Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:22:13 +0100 http://polzoo.com/content/view/223/49/#pc_398 Excellent points, both of you. Except the 100 years. Hell, we could be there 1000 years and nothing will change unless we find a way to split these people up. Having been in battle, I would not want to send anyone into battle unless it was absolutely necessary, and I think there would have been better ways to deal with Saddam than invade the place. We could have had him killed and threaten his successor with the same thing unless he straightened up. Or just drop a couple of bombs on his head to warn him. I just took a couple of bombs to give Qadhafi an attitude adjustment. We just did not get tribalism. But then of course, if we leave, then we will just give Iran a chance to move in and fill the vacuum, or Al Queda .... What a mess .... - Glennsopinions Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:45:17 +0100 http://polzoo.com/content/view/223/49/#pc_397 Hi, Rockstar, Thanks for your comment. You are, of course, absolutely right. Iraq was never a nation. The current state is what is left over from a failed British colony, which was made up of three former provinces of the collapsing Ottoman empire. At a deeper level, if there is to be any form of democracy in Iraq, there has to be regional self-rule. There can also be some form of federal government, but without the regions as a base a central government will always be something the different ethnic groups will fight over - which is just what they are doing now. Right now the US is spending lives and a large amount of treasure to defend a fiction. Mr. McCain is right: with the current policy we will be there a hundred years from now (if we can afford it, which is doubtful). - BalaamsAss Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:41:26 +0100 http://polzoo.com/content/view/223/49/#pc_394 What we should do is to just split up that goddamn country into three spheres. Let the Kurds live with Kurds, the Shi'ites live with Shi'ites and the Sunnis live with Sunnis. That'll shut them all up. - Rockstar Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:55:03 +0100