Reply #37: On the Iraq thread, I read your post about the Arab League [View All]

I hope that they stay there and try to keep the factions together. But to be honest, I think the political situation (as opposed to the insurgency or terrorism) has gone from bad to worse, with the Shiite majority alliance (who are strict pro-Iran Islamists), doing a complete power grab, basically thumbing their noses to the Sunnis and Kurds. Perhaps this is why the Arab League, which is mostly Sunni unlike the Persians, is in there. They want to protect their ethnic group -- Sunni Arabs. The whole thing is so complicated, and yet the * administration keep talking about the "terrorists" which is way too general. It is true that it used to be just the Sunni insurgency -- an alliance between Zarqawi's al Qaeda and the former Baathists -- that perpetrated violence, but I think that is no more. Now I am reading more about Shiites committing violence, even in the government. It makes me roll my eyes when I heard someone from the military saying "the terrorists want to start a civil war", when in reality it is not completely one sided. Each side is either blowing stuff/people up or refusing to compromise or sponsoring death squads, all of which increases tension on all sides.