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WASHINGTON
\n – Attacks and civilian deaths in Iraq have risen sharply in recent
\n months, with casualties
\n increasing by
\n 1,000 a month, and sectarian violence has engulfed larger areas of
\n the country, the Pentagon said Friday in a strikingly dismal report
\n to Congress.Civilian and military deaths and injuries
\n have surpassed 3,000 each month since May.<\/p>\n
The report held to previous Bush administration statements that Iraq
\n is not in an all-out civil war, but conceded that "conditions that
\n could lead to civil war exist." <\/p>\n
from the LA Times <\/a><\/p>\n What exactly is the definition of civil war we are using Unfortunately, on this point the President is correct – if we leave, The scary truth is that the only thing capable of preventing It seems clear to the Dowbrigade that theocracy is Even in Israel, our pet "only Democracy in the Middle East", the Church It is our personal belief that after 5 consecutive generations But what do we know. Politicians on all sides may try However, all is not gloom and doom. Letting nature take Any true patriot who believes in the inherent superiority of our system WASHINGTON – Attacks and civilian deaths in Iraq have risen sharply in recent months, with casualties increasing by 1,000 a month, and sectarian violence has engulfed larger areas of the country, the Pentagon said Friday in a strikingly dismal report … Continue reading
\n here, and in what metric does Iraq fall short? It seems the only thing
\n restraining
\n the place from degenerating into a Sunni-Shia bloodbath is the
\n presence of the US as a unifying force – militias from both sects are
\n trying hard
\n to kill as many of us as possible. <\/p>\n
\n the country will completely break apart. Trouble is, even if we stay,
\n it
\n just means
\n the Iraqi militias will only be able to dedicate themselves to killing
\n each other part-time, have of course to devote the rest of their time to
\n killing US, <\/p>\n
\n an all-out civil war between Shia and Sunni would be the intervention
\n of an Islamic
\n Superstate<\/a> or Greater
\n Islamic Republic with the Theological weight to call the mullahs from
\n both sides together, and impose order. <\/p>\n
\n the only kind of government that can work in this part of the world
\n at this point in history. From northern Africa to eastern Europe governments
\n based on Sharia, 800-year-old Islamic law, have proven functional where
\n Western-style administrations running the gamut from free-market Capitalist
\n to Red Book Communist have failed spectacularly and abjectly with a staggering
\n cost in human misery. <\/p>\n
\n has a greater influence than in any of the other Western democracies. The
\n Council of Rabbis and the religious parties are consulted on all aspects
\n of Israeli life. <\/p>\n
\n being cheated out of their birthright and sold down the river by corrupt
\n local leaders
\n in consort with the bloodless
\n vampires of petro-capitalism, ordinary people in the Middle East are so
\n jaded and cynical of ALL politicians that they are taking refuge in the
\n most powerful and real thing they can see and feel in their lives – God.
\n For them, right now, the life of the Spirit is more real, cleaner and
\n clearer, and more liberating and rewarding, than anything we or our local
\n front men can offer them. <\/p>\n
\n to take advantage of this sad state of affairs, scholars and pundits
\n may try to analyze
\n and explain it, visionaries and educators may be able to change it in a
\n generation or two, but realists have to accept that any attempts to transform
\n the Middle East through Democracy are, for now at least, doomed to abject,
\n tragic and costly failure. The Middle East will be ruled by religion
\n until well past our lifetimes.<\/p>\n
\n its course and following a policy of isolation and detente similar to
\n our posture towards
\n the Soviet Union will eventually expose the flaws and inability to provide
\n for its population of the Islamic
\n SuperState<\/a>, just as they did in the
\n case of the Soviets. But until we let them expose themselves in equal
\n and open competition, they have the luxury of controlling the ground simply
\n on the basis of being anti-US. <\/p>\n
\n should welcome this kind of comparative competition, and should support
\n anything that can stop the open warfare and move us toward a non-violent
\n war of economies, social systems, and , yes, cultures. Let the best culture
\n win.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"