Thursday, January 24, 2008

The Way Things Work

So, the United States invaded Iraq in order to remove the totalitarian dictatorship of a Sunni minority and replace it with something more representative and humane. Now, a zillion years later, we are concerned that our allies, the, uh, Sunni minority, are being attacked by the Shi'ite majority that our invasion, like, totally put into power.

3 comments:

Rowan said...

so Sunni is in this season? I'll update my wardrobe.

stephanie g said...

The United States has a moral duty to intercede and correct the social breakdown in Iraq. The Sunni minority is, as you note, being put under the yoke of the Shia majority in a vicious religious and civil war. We can certainly try to invade but there appears to be about 160,000 soldiers of unknown origin currently occupying the country.

^ Given our goldfish memory I expect this to be on CNN someday.

Dunc said...

Divide and rule, dude. As long as somebody's killing someone else, we have an excuse to stay there and the opportunity to make a healthy profit selling them guns. Always work both sides - just like in the Iran / Iraq war.