Sunnis offer peace deal

The Washington Times ^ | Feb 2 2006 | Sharon Behn

[jveritas]

Are you from Middle Eastern descent?

[jmc1969]

Where pray tell did I say the Sunnis would win? You didn't read what I had to say. I said the Sunnis wouldn't go down easily and I said that for a good reason. Just look at the difference between the US vs the Madhi Army in August 2004 and the US vs the Sunnis and foreign fighters in Fallujah three months later. The Madhi Army was a joke compaired to what the military faced in Fallujah. The Shia are learning and arming, but they still have far to go.

And, you also didn't read my post all that well, because I never said the Shia in Iraq are the same as the Shia in Iran.

If a civil war breaks out the Shia in Iraq will be too busy fighting the Sunnis to keep Iran from sending in large numbers of troops to secure the southern oil fields as well as help Harkim fight the Sunnis and place Harkim in the postion of the new sole leader of Iraq.

Not, all Shia are pro-Iranian scum, but some like Harkim are in my view. Hell, Sadr has been less in bed with Iran then Harkim is.

Zarqawi has been killing Shia for the sole purpose of getting the Shia to kill Sunnis and spark a civil war which would turn the middle of the country into a war zone and allow him to keep a base for sometime in western Iraq.

Given another year we will be able to leave without having to worry about it falling into brutal civil war IMHO.

[jmc1969]

Are you from Middle Eastern descent?

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What a stupid question.

Unlike some people that see this war as Sunni = bad/ Shia = good, I see it as there being enemies in both communities who want power and I don't see Sadr as being any better then the Baathists.

[jveritas]

The Sunni insurgency is lasting that long because we are not brutal enough, since we are very afraid to kill civilians. If we get little bit brutal and do not care about civilians casualties we would have ended this thing in few months. The Shia will not worry about killing Sunnis civilians and that is why they will win the civil war within few months if it happen, but the chance of a civil war in Iraq is less than 5%.

Anyway we are winning this war and we will achieve the ultimate victory against the terrorist insurgency in Iraq. This terrorists insurgency will be almost dead if not completely dead by this spring.