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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else noticed that without Senator Sanders, discussion of issues has all but disappeared? [View all]Vattel
(9,289 posts)We have to draw a line there and be willing to do whatever is necessary and just to defend them. I believe that they have a right to secede, and I hope they do so.
It is tempting to think that Biden's old three-state solution to Iraq is the only feasible way to address Iraq's problems. But whereas an independent Kurdistan seems doable, I have no idea how an independent Sunni state could be brokered. If Sunnis and Shi'a in Iraq must live together under a single government, maybe a new constitution is in order, one that would be less majority-rule because it would require more power-sharing between the two groups. As long as you have majority rule and the majority is Shi'a, it is hard to see how Sunnis won't end up being on the losing end of the stick.
As for Syria, I don't see how getting rid of Assad helps anything. Stability and gradual movement towards reform seems to me to be a better approach, but I welcome being schooled on this point.