I've got a prediction on how this is going to play out. The US will get the UN to negotiate a split of the country into the aforementioned autonomous zones. Saddam's trial will either end in a not guilty verdict, or he'll be freed by his followers shortly after the US announces a drawdown of forces. Saddam wiil get control again and attempt to destroy the Kurds and reunite Iraq. There's a reason he isn't dead yet. He'll be back in power yet. Like Castro, he'll outlast his nemesis, GWB.
You said -- "The US will get the UN to negotiate a split of the country into the aforementioned autonomous zones. Saddam's trial will either end in a not guilty verdict, or he'll be freed by his followers shortly after the US announces a drawdown of forces. Saddam wiil get control again and attempt to destroy the Kurds and reunite Iraq. There's a reason he isn't dead yet. He'll be back in power yet. Like Castro, he'll outlast his nemesis, GWB."
Are you sure you're not having a *nightmare* while still awake. That's what this sounds like.
I guess (if this turns out that way) -- that the people of Iraq were right in not trusting and/or believing the U.S. when they were told that Saddam Hussein would never be back in power again. If he comes back again, it's like the U.S. just dumped billions of dollars down a rat-hole and wasted thousands of lives in the war over there. I can't overstate how much of a nightmare that would be.
Oh, and by the way, isn't this *exactly* what the Democrats want to happen?
Regards,
Star Traveler