Three Iraq
It’s no longer possible to ignore that Iraq War II has become a quagmire. US causalities and war deaths are up significantly. It’s time for some fresh thinking.
Yes, the headline for this post is a pun. Glad you noticed.
Our troops are being maimed and killed as they attempt to prevent Shiites and Sunnis from torturing and murdering each other.
Sarah Baxter writes in The Times that an independent commission is considering how to partion Iraq. They prefer to call it “federalizing” but the result is the same — we would carve Iraq into three semi-countries.
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The Iraq Study Group, co-chaired by James Baker, the former US secretary of state, is preparing to report after next month’s congressional elections amid signs that sectarian violence and attacks on coalition forces are spiraling out of control. The conflict is claiming the lives of 100 civilians a day and bombings have reached record levels.
The Baker commission has grown increasingly interested in the idea of splitting the Shi’ite, Sunni and Kurdish regions of Iraq as the only alternative to what Baker calls “cutting and running” or “staying the course”.
“The Kurds already effectively have their own area,” said a source close to the group. “The federalisation of Iraq is going to take place one way or another. The challenge for the Iraqis is how to work that through.”