There is all this talk and concern about the war in Iraq, be it civil or otherwise and how can we americans get the sunnis and shiites to reconcile their differences and form a united government with the kurds. YET, back here at the ranch, all is not well. there is a lot of discord and conflict between the various factions here. the right wing is splintering and attacking each other with ideas and criticisms and blame and they also hate the liberal lefties who they blame for everything . The left is very harsh in speaking of the executive and the right wing extremists. nobody is doing anything to cooperate or work together to have an america with the people united in opposition to terrorists, but each party plays its own political interests off against the needs of the people. a lot like iRAQ without the bombs . in each the nation is hamstrung and stymied and unable to do anything about any of its own problems while the factions compete for power. Charity begins at home
2006-12-12 10:38:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Not quite the same. Here in America the different factions have different ideals, but it is part of the democratic process which provide checks, balances and provides a working government. United States was created by its founders as a democratic experiment which proved to be very successful. Iraq was never a country but rather three completely different tribes which were convenient created by the British into a colonial nation. There is no desire, and there never will be, for these people to unite as a democracy. Saddam has been it's most successful ruler because of his iron-handed control over this area of the world. Beside our differences here in the USA, we will will remain a single nation, Iraq will never be any more than 3 quarreling tribes unless they can get another Saddam to take control of this mess. I strongly disagree that we are hamstrung and stymied because it was proven in the last elections that people voted in full force for change and for the good of this nation. Iraq, sadly enough, has been left in a mess.
2006-12-12 11:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by looking4ziza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much. Bush's administration was warned about this before entering Iraq (that these two factions would push Iraq into a civil war), but ignored this fact. The only way any peace will be found now is if Iran, Syria and other middle east countries step up and help fix what America broke... But America, Britian and all other invading countries also must carry their weight... This is certainly no time, as Bush says, to cut and run... Ho! HO! doesn't it suck Mr Bush when the shoe is on the other foot... The fat is in the fire...
2016-05-23 15:59:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. It does amaze me that those who spent time planning the war expected the Iraqis to overcome differences in a matter of months, whereas the United States is still working at it 200 years later.
I wonder sometimes if every meeting of the National Security Committee and the State Department starts with a video of the "I'd like to give the world a Coke" commercial, and a ceremonial donning of rose colored glasses...
2006-12-12 10:57:42 · answer #3 · answered by navymom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We desperately need better communication between political factions as well as ethnic and racial groups here in the states BUT the Iraqi civil war is killing more than 100 civilians per day and in that sense is the more urgent problem.
2006-12-12 10:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No disagreeing that we have disagreements "between rival factions."
We are not in Iraq settling political disagreements regarding speech and ideology. Those are inalienable rights.
Nice try.
2006-12-12 10:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your man was never looking to give charity he was looking to get control of the world oil market before Russia became the next big player, too late.
2006-12-12 10:41:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everything you say about rival factions in the US is true; however, last time I checked, we weren't mortaring each other.
2006-12-12 10:43:52 · answer #7 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Y E S, we can take care of things in this country later,
right now we need to stablize that region first.
2006-12-12 10:52:22 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, there is no way that those people over in Iraq are ever going to stop fighting. they haven't stopped in over 2000 years and they are not about to stop anytime soon!
2006-12-12 10:42:56 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Right 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Rivals here are not shooting at each other.
2006-12-12 10:41:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋