Comments on: Major Issues Remain Up in the Air in Iraq http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/major_issues_remain_up_in_the_air_in_iraq/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:18:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ConservativeKicks.com http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/major_issues_remain_up_in_the_air_in_iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-258478 ConservativeKicks.com Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:50:17 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/12/major_issues_remain_up_in_the_air_in_iraq/#comment-258478 <strong>Major Issues Remain Up in the Air in Iraq ...</strong> You've been kicked (a good thing) - Trackback from ConservativeKicks.com... Major Issues Remain Up in the Air in Iraq ...

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]]> By: Tlaloc http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/major_issues_remain_up_in_the_air_in_iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-258285 Tlaloc Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:33:11 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/12/major_issues_remain_up_in_the_air_in_iraq/#comment-258285 There's more than that Steve. The Shia dominated government has explicitly said they plan to move in and disarm allthose Sunni militias we've been arming as part of the "awakening" just as soon as the sunnis finish up on AQI. Take a guess how well that will go over with the Sunnis. Plus of course there is the bombshell of Turkey attacking Kurds in Northern Iraq. The surge is scheduled to run out early next year (and the pentagon says it can't be extended without breaking the military). Consequently I think we can easily predict the final evaluation of the surge: managed to tamp down violence temporarily but did nothing to stop the impending civil war. The only question is how bad things will have gotten again by next november. There's more than that Steve. The Shia dominated government has explicitly said they plan to move in and disarm allthose Sunni militias we've been arming as part of the "awakening" just as soon as the sunnis finish up on AQI.

Take a guess how well that will go over with the Sunnis.

Plus of course there is the bombshell of Turkey attacking Kurds in Northern Iraq.

The surge is scheduled to run out early next year (and the pentagon says it can't be extended without breaking the military). Consequently I think we can easily predict the final evaluation of the surge: managed to tamp down violence temporarily but did nothing to stop the impending civil war.

The only question is how bad things will have gotten again by next november.

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