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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
There you go again. Declaring victory because your team has gained five yards.
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The true winners in the game of regime change are the Iraqi people. Except for Saddam's henchmen, all of the Iraqi people are better off with him gone and they know it. Even if Iraq ends up carved into 3 countries ultimately.
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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Leaving aside the absence of elections that would support your "democratic" statement (prior post), the new gov't has been in "power" for a few days. The Kurds are already threatening secession that may lead to civil war.
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Are you doubting that elections are going to be held once the infrastructure is in place? As for the Kurds, I don't think that would be a bad thing for them to have their own country and I don't think it would be a bad thing for the rest of Iraq, either. The only people it would be bad for are the Turks, but even then, I am not so sure it would be bad for the Turks, although they think so.
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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
I hope the country doesn't spin into chaos, as seems eminently possible.
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It is certainly a possibility, and one I have acknowledged myself. But even if it does end in a civil war, unless millions upon millions die horrible deaths and are tortured and gassed, it won't be worse than under SH.
