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8ballrollin · 06-11-2007, 07:32 AM

We have done it before, in the past. I'm glad we have generals on the ground that can look past the irony and use realist policies to try and get results...why not at the point?

“They say, ‘We hate you because you are occupiers’ ” he said, “ ‘but we hate Al Qaeda worse, and we hate the Persians even more.’ ” Sunni militants refer to Iraq’s Shiites as Persians, a reference to the strong links between Iraqi Shiites and the Shiites who predominate in Iran."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/wo...agewanted=1&hp

06-11-2007, 07:32 AM	#1
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	Why not use the Sunnis as clients? We have done it before, in the past. I'm glad we have generals on the ground that can look past the irony and use realist policies to try and get results...why not at the point? “They say, ‘We hate you because you are occupiers’ ” he said, “ ‘but we hate Al Qaeda worse, and we hate the Persians even more.’ ” Sunni militants refer to Iraq’s Shiites as Persians, a reference to the strong links between Iraqi Shiites and the Shiites who predominate in Iran." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/wo...agewanted=1&hp