US/Iraq policy:....Why not civil war?

[pinto]

At this point in time, as they say, we may well have a pull out scenario: "They have to work it out among themselves." It would be a standard Bush side step to make it their fault. And let the chips fall as they may.

This might be more than the Bush conglomerate is willing to swallow, but events may play their hand and leave them left with the spin.

The question remains: In the absence of Mr. Hussein's authoritarian regime, who would doubt that the sectarian players in Iraq wouldn't pony up to the table?

Kurds, Shia and Sunni - they've all got a stake. Whether it be autonomy, oil, doctrine or a mix of all three, none should have been expected to walk away from this conflict.

The state of modern Iraq is a tenuous European pretense. I find it hard to believe that those in the know would see it any differently and not wonder - what happens after we depose Hussein?

Didn't they consider a civil war?

[punpirate]

1. No, they did not consider civil war...

... they considered nothing but their corporate and political interests.

The stupidity of it all is quite amazing, actually.

Don't expect all US troops to withdraw any time soon--that's not part of the original plan--and, as we all know, these buffoons never deviate from their intentions. If Talibani thinks otherwise, he's in for a surprise.

[wtmusic]

2. You're assuming there would even be a table to pony up to

and that they would meet and try to work things out bloodlessly.

A far more likely scenario is that Iran would invade while the country was in turmoil, and successfully annex it. What could we do about it? Go back in?

[TexasLawyer]

3. we're not ever pulling out of Iraq

It's not in Bush's play book. Iraq will have to be pulled out of the neocons' cold, dead hands.

I don't think Bushco cared about civil war. The Shias versus the Sunnis is just like the Bloods versus the Cripps. Gangs who are doing you no good killing each other. Let them keep themselves busy and distracted. Meanwhile, the BFEE sucks out the oil, builds lots of no-bid infrastructure, and carts away billions of cash in the night to fund its "permanent majority" back home.

[pinto]

4. I think the "big thinking" has always been an American sphere of influence

from the Caucasus to the Gulf.

And, yeah, I think the money flow has not really been hampered by the gang warfare that is Iraq. You've got a good point.