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Originally posted by [Labret]
Hooray, a pro western puppet government in the middle east. Just what we need, another Israel. Lord knows how popular they are.
Rebuild Iraq, pushaw. Imperialism always backfires, this will be no different.
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Puppet government? Where did I say puppet government? The ideal scenario would be to bring a federalist government to Iraq within the next couple of years, giving power and a voice the three primary ethnic groups in Iraq: the Shias, Shiites and Kurds.
There is a big debate between the White House and State Dept right now on how to handle post-Saddam Iraq. Sadly, the policy du jour in the White House will be a military government followed by power-sharing regime a la Lebanon in the 70s. If you recall Lebanon had a Christian president, a Sunni PM, and a Shia speaker of the house. The agreement disinegrated into a bloody civil war in 1975.