I propose victory. Some of us freepers approach this issue like they have not been reading what has been happening in the last three years. Look, the Shiites of Iraq could have massacred the Sunnis shortly after Saddam fell. They had plenty of reason to do it, but they did not. During the interim government, Sunni and AQ bombers attacked their communities, killing many innocent civilians, yet the Shiite leader Histani demonstrated his preference for a multi ethnic Iraq by urging restraint amongst the Shiites. How does the Sunnis react to Shiite restraint, they boycott the first election and increase their attacks. By the second election, many Sunnis realize that they have to participate, but they do it in a two face fashion. Today they have a political wing that talks with the other Iraqi groups, but to enforce their bargaining position, they use their military wing to continue attacks and bombings. As far as I am concern, the Shiites have shown restraint and preference for a multi ethnic Iraq, and the Sunnis are still harbor feelings to create chaos and regain power. Given these circumstances, I say let the Shiites teach the Sunnis a lesson big time. They will save us the trouble and costs down the road. I know this sounds cruel, but sometimes if you are merciful to the cruel, you are being cruel to the merciful.
And I think you are extremely naive to think that ethnic cleansing will lead to anything other than eternal war and even more extreme fanaticism than we are currently seeing. And if the US is seen to be complicit in this, we will have even worse problems in that region than we currently have (if possible).