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punky · 30-12-2006, 19:32

I don't think Iraq can be helped. By far the most common form of violence there is Iraqi-on-Iraqi, usually Sunni-on-shiite.

It took something like Saddam's regime to suppress the public sufficiently. That obviously can't be repeated. The only people that can stop that are themselves. The decreasing majority of peaceful, exasperated Iraqis that need to stand up against the increasing majority that want to kill over a 1,300 year old grudge and/or oil/territory rights.

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punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 44 Posts: 14,750	Re: Update: Saddam Hussein Executed I don't think Iraq can be helped. By far the most common form of violence there is Iraqi-on-Iraqi, usually Sunni-on-shiite. It took something like Saddam's regime to suppress the public sufficiently. That obviously can't be repeated. The only people that can stop that are themselves. The decreasing majority of peaceful, exasperated Iraqis that need to stand up against the increasing majority that want to kill over a 1,300 year old grudge and/or oil/territory rights.