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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame
This is where unlike Lanny you have to actually know what's going on. The original Biden/Gelb plan was devoid of weath sharing, security concerns over the Kurds etc. The Iraq government was interested but the concerns voiced especially about the weath sharing made them set it aside.
The plan has evolved though to a spot where a top notch diplomat like Holbrooke thinks it's viable. What it is now is a three state federated union. Central government takes care of taxation and national defense, the three states have their own elected people. American troops would be stationed in the Kurd state to stabilize that region(translation --keep the Kurd haters happy).
The idea is sound -- It is based on the Dayton accords which brought about piece between the Serbs, Croats, Bosnians etc.
You know those groups who hate each other and would never agree to a diplomatic solution and the usual blah, blah, blah.
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I don't know if this plan will work but I'm glad to see the Bush administration moving from gunboat diplomacy to actual deal making diplomacy. Too bad it's taken 6 years to educate Bush on world affairs.