Got some commentary by Caleb on a new article by George Monbiot, all the way from Merrie Olde England. Although merry is hardly a good word to describe Mr. Manbiot. He's not very happy, as the title of his new article reflects. "It will all End in Disaster."
He states " . . . it seems to me that the American and British governments have dragged us into a mess from which we might not emerge for many years. They have unlocked the spirit of war, and it could be unwilling to return to its casket until it has traversed the world." He is particularly pessimistic about what a postwar Iraq might look like.
Caleb responds by saying, "Monbiot suggests that brute force is the only way to keep the country together and that the US military will likely have to resort to measures similar to Saddams to preserve the nation.
Who says that we have to preserve Iraq? It would not be any more difficult to create 3 or 4 smaller countries based not upon western convenience but upon the will of their inhabitants. This would do two things. Fix the problems that occur in enforcing artificial boundaries set up after we broke up the middle east, and give places for mistrusted, and persecuted minorities from neighboring countries to settle in relative peace."
Caleb's idea is interesting, but one does wonder what sort of nations would emerge from the rubble, and if those nations would be willing to settle peacefully. There is also the problem of the Kurds. We've already largely promised Turkey not to create a Kurdish homeland--as it would inspire the Kurds in Turkey to rebel against the Government there. But it is an interesting rejection of colonialism.
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