Free Republic

"...Forget neoconservative dreams of making Iraq a democratic showplace that could change the political culture of the Middle East. Forget Bush's insistence that the "terrorists" in Iraq must be defeated. Forget creation of a single, strong Iraqi government in which Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds participate. The Iraqis don't want that and, truth be told, neither do Iraq's neighbors. The best hope now is for a confederation of semiautonomous states in Iraq -- Shiite, Kurd and Sunni -- among which oil revenues, mostly from Shiite regions, are forcibly shared. Who's going to do the forcing? Iraq's neighbors must do most of...