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How the U.S. can still save Iraq
It's time for the U.S. to listen to secular Iraqis like Omar Fekeiki, a passionate journalist with a bold and original plan to put Iraq together again.
By Gary Kamiya [2008-03-11]

  • A third option...

    I'm extremely grateful that someone is at least talking about an alternative to the two unpalatable options this shemozzle has been boiled down to by the US press and political process.

    Maybe it won't work, and there are certainly a number of things not considered in the article. Like, who exactly is going to pay for the reconstruction Mr Feikeiki talks about? It should be the US, by justice, but I doubt the American public will accept the bill. And how exactly is Iran to be brought on-side? Etc, etc.

    However, it should be remebered that stupid, blinkered, black-and-white thinking got us all into this debacle, and if we try to get out by the same method, we shouldn't be surprised if the result is even worse. There are *never* only two solutions two a geopolitical problem. We must be open to discussing alternatives.

    Let us hope this is only the beginning of a broader conversation.

    -- Marc Pengryffyn
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    Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:19 AM
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