02-23-2006, 10:21 PM
Occhidiangela,Feb 23 2006, 09:50 PM Wrote:What I don't know is whether or not an "outside player" like Zarqawi deliberately staged this stunt in Samarra to try and set off a Sunni versus Shia fight. That gambit would be logical for him to attempt, as a counter to the modest successes at "play nice" programs being put in place. He does not benefit if Sunnis and Shia work tentatively toward a deal, a rapproachment, or some protocol that keeps the dialogue open and get along.
Vandalizing a mosque of particular significance is bound to get hot heads to act out of emotion. I expect the conspiracy theorists to attribute the attack to the Mossad.
Occhi
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It's a wellknown fact that al-Zarquawi abhors Shi'ites as the worst kind of heretics, he considers them idolators! The attack in Samarra was probly carried out on his direct orders and by non-Iraqi jihadis ((local Sunnis wouldn't have carried out the attack because they wouldn't risk the Shi'ite backlash). Basically al-Zarqawi wants the Americans out and the Shi'ites crushed, thus turning Iraq into the first Emirate of a reborn Caliphate!
BTW, the Iranian president has blamed the attack on the Zionists. You win one cold Becks B)
The way I see it there are two viable options for the US:
1. Forget all about democracy and nation-building, team up with the Shi'ites to crush the Sunnis and then leave.
2. Just leave and let them solve the conflict in their own way.
As regards the whole US intervention in Iraq I am reminded of Talleyrands best quote:
"It was worse than a crime, it was a mistake"
Prophecy of Deimos
âThe world doesnât end with water, fire, or cold. Iâve divined the coming apocalypse. It ends with tentacles!â
âThe world doesnât end with water, fire, or cold. Iâve divined the coming apocalypse. It ends with tentacles!â