Iraq Civil War?

[Duckwater 0]

May or may not happen but I don't think there is anything we can do to stop it.

One of the funniest things I have ever seen on TV -

Stephen Colbert was interviewing Amanda Huffington.

He said "Do you think a civil war in Iraq would be a good thing?"

She said "no!"

He said, "If we didnt have a civil war in America, black people would still be slaves. Why do you hate black people?"

You should have seen the look on her face...And the Ben Franklin guy he interviewed...

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[CDRINF 1]

I am in Iraq right now. There is a civil war here. The media says so.

We expect them to declare a winner by next Friday.

Seriously, most of the media and pundits have no idea what they are talking about. "Civil War" makes a good sound bite. It is not as simple as Sunni and Shia. It's not like they are going to line up on opposite sides in Blue and Gray and start fighting it out. If only it were that simple! The culture here is very complex, with many tribal and cultural divisions. There are many competing groups, everyone has a hidden agenda, and they switch sides very quickly based on what the particular group thinks is in their interests. In an area I was in, the dominant tribe ratted out the foreign fighters and sided with us, because they figured that siding with us was now more in their interest than siding with the foreign fighters. Its sort of like a live version of "The Sopranos."

CDR

[Duckwater 0]

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The culture here is very complex, with many tribal and cultural divisions. There are many competing groups, everyone has a hidden agenda, and they switch sides very quickly based on what the particular group thinks is in their interests

Are you talking about Sunnis or Females?

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[Rookie120 0]

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Are you talking about Sunnis or Females?

I was thinking the same thing. You stole my rim shot.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!