More blood and more billions will not solve it

The expected goal backed by U.S. officials for the Iraqis to establish a fair government shared by Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds is simply a pipe dream born out of an illusion. The thought of replacing the voted in Prime Minister Ibrahim al- Jaafari to solve the stalled opposition, calls into question what type of democracy is being formed in Iraq. It seems the search for a face saving pull out of troops borders on a false hope that three different factions will come together under a common interest. Culture divisions and concerns evolving around power is deeply rooted and cannot be solved by a government put together out of haste. It is like forcing two people that hate each other into a marriage. The marriage would quickly fall apart. The presence of American soldiers adds to the the following negatives: The wounds of loosing power can not be healed in a quick made up government. An oppressed majority that gained power out of an occupation lived with bitterness and dreamt of revenge. Those that were protected by the no fly zone that practiced and tasted a type of democracy; they fear the majority’s appetite for a theocracy. More blood, more billions and a quick put together government will never solve the above negatives.