Reply #8: Absurd characterization

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Boxer does not shill for anybody, nor is Biden a corporate tool. And the idea has merits. I do not know enough to fully agree or disagree, but it may the only thing that may quell the craziness that is going on over there and give Iraqis the actual "breathing" room that the "surge" obviously has no chance of achieving. People need to stop hating each other, or at lest hate each other less ,in order to be able to cooperate, and on order to stop hating each other they have to first stop killing each other.

And the poll results mean close to nothing IMHO. First, I think that given the situation over there, not only the violence, but the cultural differences, etc. it is very difficult if not impossible to find a small number of people that is statistically representative of the whole population. Second, how people respond will obviously be colored by their own agenda, and agendas over there are often written in blood. When you think that you can control everything, why would you be in favor of some form of separation? I bet that a huge percentage of those that said that they favor some form of federalization are kurds.