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Originally Posted by irishgrl

I think the US and the UK should never have interferred, but with all due respect, I think Iraq would have been a powderkeg anyway, given the political and ethnic dividing lines that exist there. You will never (NEVER) get a coalition govt with Sunnis and Shi'ites....they have fundamental differences that prevent them from cooperating for any length of time.

I don't agree, it will be a long road but the Democratic system that obviously now has to be granted by Onu could work but needs a whole set of changes in the way, for instance, their legislation works right now. The first, as some commentators said, coul be to help to enforce a national identity giving more chances to have less one way oriented laws. A way to achieve it could be not have policies voted by the majority of the parliament as a whole (that means basically to pass laws that Shiites want) but on the basis of a majority vote within political parties. That could help to open more constant negotiations and give more voice to very small parties.

Obviously it would take years to have a stable government, but nothing can't even start till Iraq feels as an occupied Country and can't make elections that don't seem guided by US interests.

Romy