Do you agree with the Bush plan of siding with the Shiites in the Iraqi Civil War?

Question

http://www.fareedzakaria.com/articles/articles.html

Answer 1

My first response was I did not see Bush taking sides. I respect Fareed Zakaria's viewpoints on the Middle East because he usually seems to be right after the shouting is over. And I understand what he is saying & kinda agree with his statements.

I am also of the belief that Iraq was a nation created by Britain as a way to keep some control over the region, because as long as the Iraqi's were fighting each other, the weren't paying much attention to what the British were doing. No country with such great ethnic & sectarian differences has ever survived as a nation without a strong dictator keeping it held together by force. The most recent case would be Yugoslavia. When Tito died & the central power structure dissolved, it flew apart. The result today is several smaller countries living next to each other under an uneasy peace after many years of war. I believe this is the only conceivable outcome for Iraq if it is to have any form of democratic rule - to be split into 3 separate & sovreign countries with UN peacekeeping forces at the borders until their peoples learn to live as neighbors. Even Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia & Israel have been able to accomplish this.

Answer 2

i like the question, but the better question is why the hell we still over there, i mean besides the fact that we're now choosing sides in a civil war that we started -- i'm curiuos as to how much of this **** was going on when Sadaam was the leader of that country -- i sure don't remember hearing to much about civil wars over there then -- imagine that, a guy who probably didn't have even a tenth of the military might this country has but was able to keep everyone from destroying their counry and eachother ----- Bring the Americans back home and let's clean up our country before trying to fix someone else's ---- some may not have like the way he ran the country but damn American soldiers weren't dying ---- how many potential criminals have been created over here b/c of all these little kids who don't have a dad/mom, uncle/aunt, or cousin to say to them thats not the right thing to do, do this instead -- sorry i got off the subject dude but hey -- enough is enough ---

Answer 3

If the other side is the majority in Iraq they might continue onto Saudi Arabia and over throw the Royal family which the people of Saudi Arabia are not Shiites but the royal family are. Protecting his friends first.

Answer 4

No I do not agree with Bush plan because whatever and whenever civil war will bring misery to the people .God Almighty hates bloodshed whatever its reason.
We love a peaceful situation in all parts of this world.

Answer 5

With the Saudis supporting the Sunni,and Iran supporting the Shia,if this is true,aren't we siding with a potential enemy

Answer 6

I think the Sunnis will be stomped much harder than Saddam had repressed either Kurds or Shi'ia. There's a good chance Saudi Arabia will be pretty pissed.

Answer 7

Seeing that it's a CIVIL war, that idiot Dubya shouldn't "side" with anyone.

Thank you Argle =)

Answer 8

Why wouldn't he? The Sunnis were the ones who backed Saddam's genocidal regime

Answer 9

Gee, I haven't heard that from him. Your "evidence" looks like the Sunnis are in the PR business.

Answer 10

do i agree,,,ah hell no,,count me out....the Dem's have had enough of bushster and his unchecked ways to hell...but i will give bush his 22,000 troops ,,oh my god what have i said to you ,,i only want to see ,,,the news reports for my own entertainment,,,oh god forgive me....I'm sick ,,SICK ...civilian