ZACKlyWrong! Don't Partition Iraq!
On May 26, 2007, in response to a challenge from my Conscience (go check it out if you don't believe me), I wrote, "I cannot believe I'm writing this, but I like the "partition (Iraq) into thirds and come up with a revenue sharing plan for the oil proceeds" plan. This is championed by one of the Democratic candidates but I'm not going to share the person's name because I don't like the idea that this logical, sensible, reasonable, common-sensical, plan could be labeled "so-and-so's" plan. I'm sure this person was not the first person to think of it; I think a group of second-graders could have come up with it. I don't know the arguments against this plan but I'm sure Dr. Rice could make a compelling argument against."
Well, in today's Boston Globe it was reported that in response to a United States Senate plan sponsored by Sen. Joseph Biden (D, DE) to do exactly as proposed above and partition Iraq into thirds, " . . . at least nine Iraqi political parties and party blocs - both Shi'ite and Sunni - said the Senate resolution would diminish Iraq's sovereignty and said they would try to pass a law to ban any division of the country."
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said dividing Iraq "would be a catastrophe."
I'll give credit to Sen. Biden for getting Shi'ites and Sunnis to agree on something (they are embroiled in a civil war, after all, if you believe the doomsayers) . . . disagreeing with him . . . and, well, in this case, an under-informed ZACKlyRight.
Thank goodness Sen. Biden, second-graders, nor I, are not responsible for international policy for the United States of America.
A big shout-out to Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State.
On May 26, 2007, in response to a challenge from my Conscience (go check it out if you don't believe me), I wrote, "I cannot believe I'm writing this, but I like the "partition (Iraq) into thirds and come up with a revenue sharing plan for the oil proceeds" plan. This is championed by one of the Democratic candidates but I'm not going to share the person's name because I don't like the idea that this logical, sensible, reasonable, common-sensical, plan could be labeled "so-and-so's" plan. I'm sure this person was not the first person to think of it; I think a group of second-graders could have come up with it. I don't know the arguments against this plan but I'm sure Dr. Rice could make a compelling argument against."
Well, in today's Boston Globe it was reported that in response to a United States Senate plan sponsored by Sen. Joseph Biden (D, DE) to do exactly as proposed above and partition Iraq into thirds, " . . . at least nine Iraqi political parties and party blocs - both Shi'ite and Sunni - said the Senate resolution would diminish Iraq's sovereignty and said they would try to pass a law to ban any division of the country."
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said dividing Iraq "would be a catastrophe."
I'll give credit to Sen. Biden for getting Shi'ites and Sunnis to agree on something (they are embroiled in a civil war, after all, if you believe the doomsayers) . . . disagreeing with him . . . and, well, in this case, an under-informed ZACKlyRight.
Thank goodness Sen. Biden, second-graders, nor I, are not responsible for international policy for the United States of America.
A big shout-out to Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State.
posted by Zack at 7:06 PM
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