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Originally Posted by xerxes
unfortuantly, these type of secterian violance always happen whenever a forgien country invade a nation that is deeply divided either religously or ethically. Specially when that forgien country choose sides:
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If one religious group controls the country, and we are attacking a country, the sides pick themselves rather quickly. That's the way it was in the beginning at least. Later it is important to be equal-handed and what not, post "Mission Accomplished" time so to speak.
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Originally Posted by xerxes
It think you are neglecting the intrests of Saudi Arabia and Jordan and the rise of Iraqi insurrgency, when the remnant of the die-hard Republican guard that melted before 3rd infantry division formed a oppoistion in 2003. Those secular Bathist remenants obviously fought for what they had lost ... though soon they lost their influence in the Insurrgency itself as they ran out of money. Soon after Saudi start pouring money into their coffins ... soon after Baghdad became a magnate to recruit forgien fighters and soon after the Iraqi Insurrgency shifted from being a secular bathist uprising to that of a Islamized Sunni Insurrgency. I believe Saddam before being captured warned his die-hard bathist of the influx of forgien fighters into Iraq.
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A lot more important in the beginning was not the fact that there were Baathists in the insurgency. These are people we can't turn. They were people that we have to kill. I was much more concerned when we disbanded the Iraqi army with any sort of phased DDR program. This left people with no income, and no way to peform the job that they know best how to do. These are people we could turn. They blew up Americans because they were getting paid and had no jobs. These are people that could be coerced. That component was much more important than foreign fighters, because they were rational opportunistic individuals who would quit fighting if they were provided for.