By J. W. KRAFT
June 8, 2008
Iraq never should have been a country. Its borders are lines drawn in the sand by colonial powers after World War I. The various peoples have no historic ties to bind them together in neighborly love nor do they have political, religious, or ideological ties. Saddam Hussein was able to [...]
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Iraq Partitioning, Inevitable?
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brits turned Babylonia into Iraq… let’s fix this mistake!
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, The South on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Carve Up Iraq: Obsolete Borders and the Myth of Sovereignty
By Mark Fritz Mon Mar 17, 1:06 AM ET
Consider a country so fractured by regional and religious feuds that the most
efficient entities are the organized crime rings cashing in on the chaos.
This was the dilemma facing NATO negotiators when they met in Dayton, Ohio, in
1995 to [...]
Here comes the South! Federalism in Southern Iraq
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, The South on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Changes in Iraq: The Shiite Kings
The Arbil-Baghdad flight was exciting as ever, chaotic, cramped and crowded. But fun. Our flight was delayed – about half a day – which is part of the fun. Except that is for the fact that we had meetings slated for the afternoon. We were expected to check into our [...]
Kosovo and Iraq
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Breaking free
By Thomas Wachtel
2/20/2008
One of my early political memories was the NATO action in Kosovo in 1999. That was when I, along with many other politically inclined youths, learned the name Slobodan Milosevic and what “ethnic cleansing” meant. We learned the difference between Serbs and Albanians. We learned that sometimes the world community needs to [...]
Biden and Brownback Make Political History
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on October 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Posted by iPol
October 12, 2007
History comes at us in two forms: history in the moment when it is made, and history in the aftermath when it is written. The first is action, and the second is judgment. If we’re wise, we always pay attention to the judgments of history; if we’re lucky, we may get [...]
Brownback, Biden, Clinton and Obama on federalism amendment
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Brownback and Biden: On carving up Iraq
By Rick Pearson
October 12, 2007
DES MOINES — In one of the most unusual appearances of the campaign season, Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden and Republican candidate Sam Brownback jointly spoke before a local foreign relations group on their proposal to encourage a loosely federalized system of government in Iraq.
Though [...]
The Way Forward in Iraq
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Citizen Dave
October 9, 2007
Because of the circumstances surrounding our invasion of Iraq, and subsequent mismanagement of the military and political situation, it has become difficult for our esteemed elected officials to in-good faith come up with a plan for Iraq. One side resorts to, “Let’s leave. Don’t worry about anything…Vote for me,” while the [...]
Biden, Brownback Plan Joint Des Moines Appearance on Iraq Plan
Posted in 2008 Elections, Bloggers, Iraq, News on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by iPol
Monday, October 08, 2007
Joe Biden and Sam Brownback are both United States Senators, and are both running for president, but from different parties. Nonetheless, as co-sponsors of a recent amendment outlining a bipartisan approach to a political resolution of the civil war in Iraq, Biden and Brownback will be holding a joint appearance [...]
Don’t believe the hype: Iraqis don’t hate the Biden plan
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by shelbinator
October 4, 2007
While the Biden-Brownback-Boxer (et al) amendment passed last week 75-23 with impressive bipartisan support, the White House and its underlings immediately began attacking it, because accepting the recommendations of the amendment would mean confronting the reality that Bush’s pipe dream of a strong, centralized, peace-loving Iraqi government is just an ephemera. [...]
Pro-federalism articles storm Iraqi online media
Posted in Articles, Bloggers, Iraq, Iraqi Scholars on October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Babylonian Society
October 4, 2007
The number of Iraqi writers showing public support for the recent Senate resolution to support federalism in Iraq is increasing rapidly.
In his op-ed “Federalism: Iraq’s current best choice” Ammar al-Amiri, a Shiite writer, says: “those Shiites who reject the idea of federalism are the biggest enemy our Shiite community faces.” He adds” [...]
