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To: mas cerveza por favor
Actually, Patraeus' policy was absurd from the beginning.

Not necessarily. It depends upon whether there are real dividends to peaceful coexistence or whether returning to religiously sanctioned theft is more profitable.

19 posted on 10/17/2010 7:13:43 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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It depends upon whether there are real dividends to peaceful coexistence or whether returning to religiously sanctioned theft is more profitable.

As I understand it, Iraqi Sunnis consider themselves to be vastly superior to Iraqi Shiites and Kurds. A permanent American force is required to make the Sunnis to serve under the American-installed Shiite-Kurd government. If American power ever recedes, Sunnis will seek to regain the domination of Iraq they previously had under Saddam.

25 posted on 10/17/2010 8:00:20 AM PDT by mas cerveza por favor
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