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FarCenter

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11. The killing won't stop until the civil war is over and one side or another wins.

Reply to Zater (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 07:58 PM

Sep 2013

US policy exacerbated the situation.

Had Bush I removed Saddam, the Shiites would have won a short civil war. The decade and a half of subsequent killing would not have happened.

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President Obama. Please do something to stop the massacre in Iraq [View all] Zater Sep 2013 OP

We tried that once before. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2013 #1

Americans are not the sole owners of moral conscious. mick063 Sep 2013 #2

Not to sound overly snarky about such a serious CAG Sep 2013 #3

You won't find a lot of enthusiasm here. Perhaps, you should speak to SandWind? leveymg Sep 2013 #4

Hell no. It's an Arab League problem. Frankie the Bird Sep 2013 #5

a good job for Bush/Cheney to work on PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #6

None of our business. jsr Sep 2013 #7

Nnnnngh, I HATE when people misuse that phrase! Scootaloo Sep 2013 #12

Can you think of any leverage that *we* can apply? Kolesar Sep 2013 #8

You can not stop people from hating each other samrock Sep 2013 #9

The Baathist Sunnis in Iraq have about 370 tons of HE mn9driver Sep 2013 #10

The killing won't stop until the civil war is over and one side or another wins. FarCenter Sep 2013 #11

They don't need US. GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #13

We're certainly not going to be able to stop the religious hate between the Shia and Sunni. Lurks Often Sep 2013 #14

At the rate the US is going we will have to deal with starvation at home Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2013 #15