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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan someone please explain why we didn't insist on a unity government
in Iraq years ago? Surely it wasn't just one person who was against it.
#totallyridiculous
cnn
Secretary of State John Kerry says while he is "not taking anything I hear to the bank," he has received indications from Iraq's leaders that "there is a capacity to have a new government that could be a unity government that could reflect a greater capacity for success."
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Its one of the reasons a new force agreement was never negotiated.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)And the Iraqis as well as the US wanted to find a way out.
The Kurds trying on secession.
The Shiites trying to exact revenge for past discrimination/violence.
The Sunni trying to defend themselves form future discrimination/violence.
Without a common goal, no way they're gonna work together.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)for many many years.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)"Hey, you unemployed disgruntled ex-soldiers! Hey, Sadr's militia! Why won't you stop attacking us and each other and work together instead?"
There was too much bloodlust in the early days to work something out. And later on, the mistakes were already made.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)This is the same sort of thing that has led to so much needless bloodshed in parts of Africa. I suspect a loose three-state federation, with proportional sharing of oil revenues, would work much better than the current setup.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)but just think how much smarter it would have been to do this as a peace initiative at the very start. Before the thrill of Saddam being gone had faded.