Friday, January 13, 2006
More Evidence of Civil War in Iraq
One of the better arguments against finishing the Gulf War by invading Iraq and deposing Saddam Hussein, was that the country, freed from the tyranny of Hussein, would split into three nations after a bloody, Lebanon-like civil war. My friend Tony, a good man of the left, repeats this argument at the drop of a hat. It could happen. And there is evidence of a civil war starting up in Iraq. The local Iraqi insurgents are fighting against the foreign al Qaeda fighters. That's a good thing, as a famous felon is wont to say.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:11 AM 
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Roger,
I was reading your blog when suddenly a hat dropped. A bunch of them. In fact, it looked like the ice @ the Pepsi Center after Marek Svatos' last hat trick.
I must agree that conflicts between Iraqi insurgents and foreign al Qaeda fighters is a welcome development. The sooner native Iraqis deal w/ these interlopers, the better. I would not characterize such conflict as a civil war inasmuch as it is a conflict between Iraqis and foreigners.
I continue to believe that Iraq will be subject to continuing violence as soon as significant numbers of American troops are redeployed. I am less certain whether the country will tripartite. The concept of an independent Kurdistan is anathema to Turkey.
@ this juncture there is no strong centralized institution of authority to mainatin order. There is a heavily armed populace, whose loyalties are to family, tribe, and sect and many of these people have scores to settle. Such is a recipe for violence.
I can only hope that the conflict between al Qaeda and the insurgents becomes an all out blood bath so as to rid the country of foreign fighters and instill such emnity that al Qaeda will not be able to install terrorist training centers for any time soon after the U.S redeploys.
Am I really a man of the left?
Tony
I was reading your blog when suddenly a hat dropped. A bunch of them. In fact, it looked like the ice @ the Pepsi Center after Marek Svatos' last hat trick.
I must agree that conflicts between Iraqi insurgents and foreign al Qaeda fighters is a welcome development. The sooner native Iraqis deal w/ these interlopers, the better. I would not characterize such conflict as a civil war inasmuch as it is a conflict between Iraqis and foreigners.
I continue to believe that Iraq will be subject to continuing violence as soon as significant numbers of American troops are redeployed. I am less certain whether the country will tripartite. The concept of an independent Kurdistan is anathema to Turkey.
@ this juncture there is no strong centralized institution of authority to mainatin order. There is a heavily armed populace, whose loyalties are to family, tribe, and sect and many of these people have scores to settle. Such is a recipe for violence.
I can only hope that the conflict between al Qaeda and the insurgents becomes an all out blood bath so as to rid the country of foreign fighters and instill such emnity that al Qaeda will not be able to install terrorist training centers for any time soon after the U.S redeploys.
Am I really a man of the left?
Tony
# posted by 
: 12:13 PM
: 12:13 PM
I wouldn't exactly call it an invasion either, and yes, hate to break this to you, you're a lefty. Go Avs!
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