I know that I’m stating the obvious here, but the reason that none of the factions (Sunni, Shia, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, etc.) wants a partitioning is that they all want the *WHOLE* pie and don’t want to have to give up so much as the tiniest crumb to anyone else. It’s the zero-sum mentality at it’s worst and most violent — except maybe for American election politics…
I know that I’m stating the obvious here, but the reason that none of the factions (Sunni, Shia, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, etc.) wants a partitioning is that they all want the *WHOLE* pie and don’t want to have to give up so much as the tiniest crumb to anyone else. It’s the zero-sum mentality at it’s worst and most violent — except maybe for American election politics…
Comment by Reynard — October 5, 2007 @ 10:35 pm