Does anyone have a better plan to hold Iraq together?
First, the plan calls for maintaining a unified Iraq by decentralizing it and giving Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis their own regions. The central government would be left in charge of common interests, such as border security and the distribution of oil revenue.
Second, it would bind the Sunnis to the deal by guaranteeing them a proportionate share of oil revenue. Each group would have an incentive to maximize oil production, making oil the glue that binds the country together.
Third, the plan would create a massive jobs program while increasing reconstruction aid %u2014 especially from the oil-rich Gulf states %u2014 but tying it to the protection of minority rights.
Fourth, it would convene an international conference that would produce a regional nonaggression pact and create a Contact Group to enforce regional commitments.
Fifth, it would begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces this year and withdraw most of them by the end of 2007, while maintaining a small follow-on force to keep the neighbors honest and to strike any concentration of terrorists. Now this sounds like an interesting plan. I haven't seen this laid out like this before and it sound like it could possibly work. I'm sure there would be problems, especially at first, but the general idea sounds better than most I've heard. Other countries are split (N. Korea, S. Korea etc.) and so the idea is sound. Do you think this will work, or happen at all?
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sounds like the cabinet plan introduced by lord mount batten to india in 1947 to expodite the british from india. unfortunatly the plan was rejected, lead to mass riotes, 1 million dead, 10 million displaced, and the pation of india into india and pakistan. Further, the disputed region of kashmir, which is a continuel hot spot. Therefore, it might work or it might ripe the country apart. Sunni, kurd, and shite intrest are differnt and they see the future of Iraq differently. The on going secretatian violence makes such a closely coordinated plan hard, but not impossible. Thus, stability, jobs, and security forces will be a key issue in creating the success the plan invisions.
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