[Vision2020] What is it good for?
Dale Courtney
dale@courtneys.us
Thu, 3 Apr 2003 11:26:25 -0800
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Having said all this, I don't think that it's an impossible situation. =
Many
problems can be averted by wisely carving up geographical areas and =
taking
ethnic and religious issues into consideration. Americans generally =
don't
understand this because we don't have warring religious factions in the =
USA.
Many ignorantly think that all you can have a country of Arab, Kurd,
Turkoman ethnicity and of Muslim (Shi'ite or Sunni), Christian, Mandean,
Jew, or Yezidi religions and just tell them to "get along". It ignores =
1,500
years of religious animosity in the process. =20
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Best,
Dale
-----Original Message-----
From: Sunil Ramalingam [mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, 03 April, 2003 10:56
To: dale@courtneys.us; vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] What is it good for?
Dale wrote:
"It will be interesting to see what happens when the lid comes off. I =
don't
think *anything* can keep this together without creating a Kurdish =
nation in
the north and Shi'ite nation in the South."
Good point, and one of the reasons Bush I did not proceed into Baghdad =
in
Gulf War I. (If Jenna becomes Prez, does that mean we'll have Gulf War =
III?
And who will get bombed?) Are we 'creating' West Germany or Japan, or
watching a new Yugoslavia fall apart? And what did the Administration
reasonably expect when they decided to go to war last summer?
Sunil =20
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D453005918-03042003><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Having said =
all this, I=20
don't think that it's an impossible situation. Many problems can be =
averted by=20
wisely carving up geographical areas and taking ethnic and religious =
issues into=20
consideration. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=3D453005918-03042003><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>Americans generally don't understand this because we =
don't have=20
<U>warring</U> religious factions in the USA. Many ignorantly think that =
all you=20
can have a country of Arab, Kurd, Turkoman ethnicity and of Muslim =
(Shi'ite=20
or Sunni), Christian, Mandean, Jew, or Yezidi religions and just tell =
them to=20
"get along". It ignores 1,500 years of religious animosity in the =
process.=20
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D453005918-03042003><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D453005918-03042003><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D453005918-03042003><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff>Dale</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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align=3Dleft><FONT=20
face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
Sunil Ramalingam=20
[mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 03 =
April, 2003=20
10:56<BR><B>To:</B> dale@courtneys.us;=20
vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] What is it =
good=20
for?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>Dale wrote:</P>
<P>"It will be interesting to see what happens when the lid comes off. =
I don't=20
think *anything* can keep this together without creating a Kurdish =
nation in=20
the north and Shi'ite nation in the South."</P>
<P>Good point, and one of the reasons Bush I did not proceed into =
Baghdad in=20
Gulf War I. (If Jenna becomes Prez, does that mean we'll have =
Gulf War=20
III? And who will get bombed?) Are we 'creating' West =
Germany or=20
Japan, or watching a new Yugoslavia fall apart? And =
what did the=20
Administration reasonably expect when they decided to go to war last=20
summer?</P>
<P>Sunil <BR><BR></P></DIV>
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