Any assessment of the situation in Iraq that is predicated on the notion that Iraq is capable of being a viable, unified nation is suspect at best. And any U.S. approach to Iraq that hinges on this utopian -- and increasingly delusional -- idea is likely to fail.
There is nothing wrong with an Iraq that practices Islam while using constitutional law as its guideline.
If my memory serves me correctly, we were built on the same principles with Christianity as our guideline. So much so that "In god we trust" is embedded into our lives.
Iraq can live along those guidelines. You just have to take out the radical element first. That will be the next phase of this operation because without that, Iraq will never go right.
As a side note, what is hysterical about this is that the RATS, who have been trying to remove religion from our nation, doesn't support it in Iraq. They like the radicals.
Imagine if radical Christians started blowing things up to turn this country into a Christian Iraq.
Why can moderates not succeed against extremists in the ME? The fight is on everywhere. The Iranian people are fed up with their totalitarian regime. The struggle is manifesting itself in Lebanon, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Thailand and elsewhere.
There is no other choice for the civilized world but to support these moderates with rapid globalization occurring.
They must succeed and we need to do our part.