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bobkoure · 09-12-2006, 01:35 PM

Well, if they're going to do that, why not pull apart the disparate parts of Iraq that the Brits shoved together for administrative convenience in, hmmm... pretty sure it was under Disraeli, although that might have been simply perpetuating something the sultinate (Ottoman empire) had done.

Consider Pakistan - right after separation. The various provinces, etc, didn't have anything in common, other than a shared religion - and they became an Islamic republic.
Interesting (at least to me) that part of the "grievances" West Pakistan was seceding over were the restrictions imposed by an Islamic republic - even though almost all Bangladeshis were/are Moslems.

So... if we want at least some parts to form a more "Western" democracy, maybe we need to not force disparte peoples to live in the same (proto) democracy.

Bob

PS: You might want to start a new thread for stuff like this. The comments in the beginning of this thread (four years old?) have clearly been overtaken by events - and you're making it very difficult for folks who (then) saw "WMDs" as BS to not go into the whole "I told you so" thing, which is just going to piss folks off, won't contribute to the general discussion, etc... Let past political statements rest in peace...

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bobkoure Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA - Boston area Posts: 798	Re: War in Iraq is upon us Well, if they're going to do that, why not pull apart the disparate parts of Iraq that the Brits shoved together for administrative convenience in, hmmm... pretty sure it was under Disraeli, although that might have been simply perpetuating something the sultinate (Ottoman empire) had done. Consider Pakistan - right after separation. The various provinces, etc, didn't have anything in common, other than a shared religion - and they became an Islamic republic. Interesting (at least to me) that part of the "grievances" West Pakistan was seceding over were the restrictions imposed by an Islamic republic - even though almost all Bangladeshis were/are Moslems. So... if we want at least some parts to form a more "Western" democracy, maybe we need to not force disparte peoples to live in the same (proto) democracy. Bob PS: You might want to start a new thread for stuff like this. The comments in the beginning of this thread (four years old?) have clearly been overtaken by events - and you're making it very difficult for folks who (then) saw "WMDs" as BS to not go into the whole "I told you so" thing, which is just going to piss folks off, won't contribute to the general discussion, etc... Let past political statements rest in peace...