Reply #14: We agree on some things, disagree on others..

[dutchdoctor]

At least you agree with me that the Kurds "are a total 'nother kettle of fish" Your first reply was to someone warning against the balkanisation of Iraq saying that this is not the case I felt the need to reply because I see this as a very real risk.

About the question of whether there has ever been a Shia-Sunni war, I must admit I don't know enough about the matter.. I have always thought that the 1991 uprising was mainly Shia but I could be wrong..
That doesn't mean there could never be one though, especially with tensions running up so high.
Let's see what Al-Zarqawi has to say about it:
from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4199363.stm">BBCnews.com

"The speaker reserved particular scorn for Iraq's Shia majority, whose parties are widely expected to win next Sunday's election.

The Shia, it said, were poised to spread "their insidious beliefs" to Baghdad and Sunni-dominated areas of Iraq."

"A message attributed to Zarqawi earlier this week accused the Shia of taking part in the US assault on the Sunni Muslim city of Falluja and described their spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, as "Satan".

I agree that Al Sistani is a cunning man, that's why I only claim he didn't condemn the occupation instead of "endorse"

peace, and that your troops may return home not long after the dutch troops (march 15th)

edited to fix the link