More on Dividing Iraq

Just an hour after I posted my thought for the day calling for the division of Iraq I heard a report on NPR saying the the majority of Iraqis wanted a unified nation based on a poll.

The poll also said that most Iraqis wanted the US out of Iraq in a year’s time. How an accurate poll could be conducted in Iraq today, whether respondents would be honest, and whether the 600 people interviewed are representative of the 25 million Iraqis was not explained.

Perhaps a million Iraqis have fled since the invasion including many of the educated people the Administration told us would help bring order after the invasion. As the administration pulls its College Republicans out of the Green Zone law and order will have to be maintained by the National Guard.

Iraqis may indeed wish to keep their nation in one piece but even if this is so it may be wishful thinking.

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