Ah, the al Qaeda ticket

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Peter Bergen - Thank you. The violence in Iraq has nothing to do with the death of al Zarqawi.

There is al Qaeda in every country in the Middle East. There are an average of 30 or so in Saudi Arabia that appears on an annual list for remanding to the authority. Rarely do the Saudis have anyone on the list that is not caught within that year. Iraq will have to find a way to deal with extremists no different than every other nation of the region. Bush's war is causing more war and not less. The genocide of the Iraqi people has to stop.

Ah, the Democrats see a 'draw down' of troops. Bush doesn't because he is incompetent in all venues of war. Just look at Afghanistan.

"We have to stop a mini nation of Jihadists in Iraq." according to Bergen. Sort of like the mini nation Osama bin Laden enjoyed/enjoys in Afghanistan. That kind of 'mini nation.' That 'idea' is irrelevant in Iraq. Iraq has Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds in 'control' of their country. Fractured into ethnic realities and seeking places safe away from the others. That does not leave room for al Qaeda. While there are some jihadists in Iraq which was admitted by an Iraqi rebel in the first "Progress Report Card" two years ago on CNN; that role in Iraq is not viewed as a 'connected' roll to the ethnic rebellions. The Sunni leader stated, indeed there was al Qaeda in the country that carries out the most deadly blasts and attacks, but, it was clearly delineated that al Qaeda was not a part of the 'Sunni Mini Nation.' Al Qaeda in Iraq are Jihadist Special Forces and while they would not be removed to exile as a government might demand of such mercenaires, they will not be allowed to cause trouble OR become more powerful than any ethnic 'native' to Iraq.

Kindly, remember, al Qaeda can become another Saddam and the ethnic emcampments/Mini Nations if you will aren't interested in domination by anyone. In all honesty I don't know where Peter gets the 'idea' that al Qaeda even has a better chance with the Mini Nations of Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds than it did with Saddam. I wish he would explain that. He doesn't know. Unless he is in the inner circle and KNOWS of weaknesses in the Ethnic Mini Nations of Iraq and how they can be infiltated and taken over by al Qaeda he is simply blowing smoke up everyone's skirt.

Next.

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This is so blasted boring.

Hello, America. The hard work is already done. The Kurds have their own Mini Nation

News and Articles compliments of the Kurdistan Regional Government

http://www.krg.org/

26 Oct 2006
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25 Oct 2006
Kurdistan: Iraq's Success Story
25 Oct 2006
British producer hopes to make feature film in Kurdistan
24 Oct 2006
Sarkis Aghajan receives third award for helping Christians
22 Oct 2006
KRG petroleum law to go to Kurdistan parliament
22 Oct 2006
Press Release: KRG Final Draft Petroleum Act
22 Oct 2006
Press Release: Revenue Management and KRG Draft Petroleum Act
22 Oct 2006
Press Release: Kirkuk Oil and the KRG Final Draft Petroleum Act
20 Oct 2006
Health minister: Top priority is improving primary healthcare
20 Oct 2006
Kurd tells Saddam trial of attack
18 Oct 2006
Witnesses in Saddam Hussein trial recall massacres of Kurdish detainees

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"Waste Management" also known as the campaign to bring the Bush Administration under control.

I get tired of writing when others have already written what I already know. Read this.

Don't Create a Government in Iraq
By Chris Westley

http://www.mises.org/story/2109

You can't? Perhaps it hasn't occurred to her that the creation of such a government is not in the interests of the parties involved. You can't blame them. After all, their experience with an Iraqi national government hasn't exactly been positive, while Saddam Hussein, when still in power, was no Warren G. Harding. Absent US involvement in Iraq since the late 1970s, the hated Saddam certainly would have been overthrown, a fact well known by rank-and-file Iraqis. Furthermore, although Saddam was able to keep competing factions at bay through his strong-arm rule — a feat that doubtlessly makes Iraq's present occupiers jealous — his police state is not missed.

What's more, contrary to Rice's assumptions, the mullah on the street may not share her political need for the creation of a national governing coalition. It may help Rice, discredited neocons, and the GOP to have such a coalition in place so that they can claim progress and accommodate the growing demand for withdrawal as gas prices rise and the November elections draw near. But like New Englanders in 1776 — or even South Carolinians in 1861 — Iraqis resent centralized governments imposed on them by foreigners.

Like so many political problems, this one can be explained by a faulty theory of government. Many believe that as long as governments are chosen through some democratic process, they are essentially benign. Others argue, along with the great classical liberal economist Ludwig von Mises, that governments are nothing more than agents of compulsion and coercion. Once created, they exert monopoly power over the provision of some goods and services, as well the legal system, to increase their scope in society and to extract wealth.[1]

Continued below. No need to thank me for the insight. I had the easy part.