Comments on: Iraq Elections A Success. Iraq Peace Still Up In The Air http://donklephant.com/2005/12/17/iraq-elections-a-success-iraq-peace-still-up-in-the-air/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sleipner http://donklephant.com/2005/12/17/iraq-elections-a-success-iraq-peace-still-up-in-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-4645 sleipner Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:53:59 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2005/12/17/iraq-elections-a-success-iraq-peace-still-up-in-the-air/#comment-4645 Personally I think most "negotiations" that occur will be in the form of assassinations. I expect within the first month after the results are announced at least one, and possibly several Iraqis officials will be dead, and it will escalate from there. I believe the end result (after many more deaths, civil war for years (or decades), and innumerable intractable arguments about points of Sharia law) will be 3 separate states, possibly with some loose political connections between them. Which is probably where they should have headed from the start. These are not people who can rationally set aside their fundamentalist beliefs and agree to disagree. Yes, I'm one of those people who think Howard Dean was right when he said victory in Iraq is not possible. Personally I think most “negotiations” that occur will be in the form of assassinations. I expect within the first month after the results are announced at least one, and possibly several Iraqis officials will be dead, and it will escalate from there.

I believe the end result (after many more deaths, civil war for years (or decades), and innumerable intractable arguments about points of Sharia law) will be 3 separate states, possibly with some loose political connections between them. Which is probably where they should have headed from the start. These are not people who can rationally set aside their fundamentalist beliefs and agree to disagree.

Yes, I’m one of those people who think Howard Dean was right when he said victory in Iraq is not possible.

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