tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post112532760077984416..comments2024-03-29T21:31:08.609+08:00Comments on KTemoc Konsiders ........: American Recipe for ChaosKTemochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-1125575450060723332005-09-01T19:50:00.000+08:002005-09-01T19:50:00.000+08:00Are today's Sunni Arabs still Hashemites, even tho...Are today's Sunni Arabs still Hashemites, even though the last Iraqi King, Faisal II was one, cousin to the late Jordanian King?<BR/><BR/>The US and Israel would love to see a Hashemite in charge - there is in fact a possible contender Prince Raad Ibn Zaid but I don't see his name being mentioned at all.<BR/><BR/>I think the world is generally fed up with loose cannon royalty.<BR/><BR/>Now I didn't say that the breakup of Iraq was necessarily bad especially for the Kurds whom I have a lot of sympathy towards. I am merely pointing out that the way the draft constitution is being pushed by the US, for its own interest, is more likely to evoke civil war, and a fairly long one at that.<BR/><BR/>The equation in that Sunni-Shiite-Israeli triangle is too difficult to read which means sensible strategy can't be intelligently formulated.KTemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-1125572236080931602005-09-01T18:57:00.000+08:002005-09-01T18:57:00.000+08:00Civil war? Sunnis form supermajorities in three pr...Civil war? Sunnis form supermajorities in three provinces and majorities in at least four provinces. They don't need a civil war to reject the constitution - if three provinces vote against the constitution with more than a 2/3 majority, its a dud.<BR/><BR/>But remember, Sunni leaders don't always have the same opinion as fellow Sunnis, in the same manner Samy Vellu don't represent me. The Sunnis in the constitutional committee wanted a unitary Arab republic state with limited autonomy. In other words, they want a throwback to the good ol' days prior to the Iraq war where they dominate successive Iraqi regimes.<BR/><BR/>This constitution may just be their wake-up call.<BR/><BR/>As for the constitution leading to a break-up of Iraq, while the federal-regional/provincial power distribution would be decided by the first National Assembly, it would mean most domestic laws would be regional/provincial matters. Logically, that would actually keep Iraq together - with sufficient autonomy, they would have less reason to split up.<BR/><BR/>In any case, why would an Iraqi breakup be a bad thing? Iraq is a British invention, a combination of three distinct Ottoman provinces. Merely added together simply for oil reasons - with British allies, the Sunni Hashemites in power over both Mosul and Basra provinces where most of the oil is concentrated but none of their allies, the Sunnis, are.<BR/><BR/>Its merely correcting a colonial mistake, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com