washingtonpost.com — The Shiite-dominated parliament Wednesday passed a law allowing the formation of federal regions in Iraq, despite opposition from Sunni lawmakers and some Shiites who say it will dismember the country and fuel sectarian violence.
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dbcubixOct 11, 2006
Imagine you with -100 diggs.
zenmojoOct 11, 2006
The United States was involved in the partitioning of the Middle East after World War I (League of Nations, remember?). We don't get off that easily.By the way, it's interesting that most Iraqi legislators want to split, most Iraqis want us out in 6 months, the vast majority want us out in 1 year, and then we see this:<a class="user" href="http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/U_S_Army_plans_for_current_Iraq_troop_level_to_2010.html?siteSect=143&sid=7156033&cKey=1160604457000">http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/U_S_Army_plans_for_current_Iraq_troop_level_to_2010.html?siteSect=143&sid=7156033&cKey=1160604457000</a>This was also on MSNBC in a ticker five minutes ago, so it's true. We are officially an occupying invading force in a country that doesn't want us there. Ah...democracy....
koosebaneOct 12, 2006
Yes, because letting terrorists dictate your actions is so damn dignified.
koosebaneOct 12, 2006
Relative PEACE?Are you forgetting the Iran/Iraq war? Or are you simply unaware of it?Have any idea how many civilians alone died during that war?How about the invasion of Kuwait?Forget about that as well?
eaglelilOct 12, 2006
@ZenMojo:The US was never part of the League of Nations.
venom8599Oct 12, 2006
The US never joined the League of Nations, even though it was the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson. <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations#Members">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations#Members</a>
spidermooreOct 12, 2006
"And the 500k children were the casualty of American sanctions on Iraq moreso than Saddam's "hording of medical supplies"Umm.. the sanctions were U.N. sanctions not U.S. sanctions, and Saddam had plenty of opportunity to feed his people with the oil for food program but instead chose to manipulate that program into the worse kickback scheme of all time, and all at the cost of his own people. There were several Europeans and Canadians that make bank off of those kickbacks.Yet somehow this all gets blamed on the Americans.
dracostimpyOct 12, 2006
Who runs the UN? Kofi Annan? Hahaha... get bent. The UN is just an extension of western imperial hegemony, run predominantly by the central bankers who also run the IMF and World Bank. And the US is the world reserve currency, so yeah the sanctions were "US sanctions" since they were introduced by the US and the globalist bankers who control the US along with the rest of the UN. Wake up.