Iraqi civil war in the offing?

[Space Tycoon]

I am increasingly of the opinion that, for all of their talk about "bringing democracy to the Muslim World," what the neocons have truly been hoping for is complete destabilization and chaos. Not so much to civilize the Mideast, but to set it on fire. Divide and conquer, with Israel waiting to take advantage.

If that's the case, all I can say is, "Job well done!"

Destruction of holiest Shia shrine brings Iraq to the brink of civil war (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article347140.ece)

Iraq took a lethal step closer to disintegration and civil war yesterday after a devastating attack on one of the country's holiest sites. The destruction of the golden-domed Shia shrine in Samarra sparked a round of bloody sectarian retaliation in which up to 60 Sunni mosques were attacked and scores of people were killed or injured.

The bomb attack has enraged the majority Shia population, who regard the shrine in the same way that Roman Catholics view St Peter's in Rome....

[Intelligent_Design]

I am increasingly of the opinion that, for all of their talk about "bringing democracy to the Muslim World," what the neocons have truly been hoping for is complete destabilization and chaos. Not so much to civilize the Mideast, but to set it on fire. Divide and conquer, with Israel waiting to take advantage.

If that's the case, all I can say is, "Job well done!"

Destruction of holiest Shia shrine brings Iraq to the brink of civil war (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article347140.ece)



A civil war would be the best thing that happened to that place. We had one here and it was a great turning point.

[Space Tycoon]

A civil war would be the best thing that happened to that place. We had one here and it was a great turning point.Er, that's one way of looking at it. :smirk:

I agree that the status quo is untenable. And I wouldn't be surprised if there was more to this than meets the eye. Attacks like this enrage the Shi'ite population; who then take it out on the Sunnis, with their death squads and militias; followed by massive reprisals by the US-UK-Iraqi forces; followed by angry condemnations and bloody threats by Ahmedinajad, and possibly attacks by Hizbullah; providing the rationale for pre-emptive air assaults against Iran.

The pieces of the puzzle are all falling into place.

[Intelligent_Design]

Er, that's one way of looking at it. :smirk:

I agree that the status quo is untenable. And I wouldn't be surprised if there was more to this than meets the eye. Attacks like this enrage the Shi'ite population; who then take it out on the Sunnis, with their death squads and militias; followed by massive reprisals by the US-UK-Iraqi forces; followed by angry condemnations and bloody threats by Ahmedinajad, and possibly attacks by Hizbullah; providing the rationale for pre-emptive air assaults against Iran.

The pieces of the puzzle are all falling into place.

Or it could lead to Iraq being spit into 3 separate countries. I'm sure we will ally ourselves with the country that controls the Oil fields of course.:wink:

[American]

A civil war would be the best thing that happened to that place. We had one here and it was a great turning point.

Well, at least now they can vent their forever boiling anger at the Sunnis. I read articles on the internet that says going into a rage and getting angry helps the blood pressure. If that's the case, these guys will live forever.

But enough of that. This type of thing was inevitable. The only thing holding it all back was our presence. We couldn't keep the Shias settled down forever. The only person we can count on to calm down them is Al-Sistani.


Or it could lead to Iraq being spit into 3 separate countries. I'm sure we will ally ourselves with the country that controls the Oil fields of course.:wink:
Wouldn't work. Someone would complain that so and so got a better part of the country and it's very likely the Sunnis would bitch that they didn't get oil fields or less then the Kurds/Shia.