Paul Krugman in the Times says:
"In effect, America has been taken hostage. Nobody wants to take responsibility for the terrible scenes that will surely unfold if we leave (even though terrible scenes are unfolding while we're there)."
BUT WAIT.....WHAT "TERRIBLE SCENES" WILL SURELY OCCUR? HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?
It is very possible that the Iraqis will simply "work it out," IF the US military "bugs out."
After all these people invented government 4000 years ago.....
This is not Sub Saharan Africa....or Somalia.
My hunch is that if the US pulled out of Iraq tomorrow....the three "ethnic regions" would quickly reassert themselves...and after a short period some "arrangement" would be made.
To be sure, Sunnis would not "rule" in Shia or Kurd areas. Nor Kurds in Shia areas...etc. etc.
Everything would "revert" to local control and there would likely be fighting INTRA-GROUP to see who prevails....but even that would be preferable to having the US "infidels" attempting to dicate the outcome.....which is what we have now with truly terrible consequences.
