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The Los Angeles Times is reporting President Bush is seeking ways to come to a truce with Congress over conducting the war in Iraq, looking for a way to satisfy war opponents and still preserve presidential goals.
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has begun exploring ways of offering Congress a compromise deal on Iraq policy to avert bruising battles in coming months, U.S. officials said.
With public support of the war dropping, President Bush has authorized an internal policy review to find a plan that could satisfy opponents without sacrificing his top goals, the officials said.
The president and senior officials “realize they can’t keep fighting this over and over,” said one administration official, who along with others declined to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly or because decisions were pending.
The Republican White House has not opened formal negotiations with the Democratic-controlled Congress. But some senior administration officials — including Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and U.N. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad — have been quietly talking with lawmakers about how to adjust policy in the months ahead. Among other ideas, they have discussed whether the United States should advocate a sharply decentralized Iraq, a notion that has seen a resurgence on Capitol Hill.
For about a year now I have thought if we divided Iraq into three sections—one section for the Kurds, one for the Sunnis and one for the Shiites we might make some progress.
The Kurds are already pretty stable and have their own little governing body, and trying to have Sunnis and Shiites live together is proving impossible with the tribal loyalties that are so strong.
Give them each their own territory to be run the way they want it run and see if that cuts down on the violence and allows us to withdraw without worry of civilians being slaughtered after.
Written by ~J~
Guss Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 8:25 amVisit Guss
I’m so happy that the president is finally coming around to the Democrats view.
I agree with your comments 100 percent.
~J~ Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 10:34 amVisit ~J~
I’m not sure he’s coming around to the Democrats’ view, but rather is looking for a compromise.
david Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 8:20 pmVisit david
Every aspect of Iraq troubles me now. I thought we won when we deposed Saddam and destroyed the weapons he had. It troubles me to discuss dividing another nation, but that is the only sensible solution. Iraq is an artificial country created after WWII. We need to recognize the Sunnis and Shiites have been arguing over who is the legitimate heir to Mohammad for over 1300 years. I also recognize the Kurds are a distinct people who have borne the wrath of both Iraq and Turkey for years. So, essentially, the only reasonable solution is to divide Iraq into semi-automous provinces. However, there will be a great displacement of the people. How do we deal with that? How much suffering must the Iraqi people endure? I have no better solution, however.
Big Mo Says:
June 25th, 2007 at 9:38 pmVisit Big Mo
The “Democrats view”, Guss? And which particular one would that be this week?
Guss Says:
June 26th, 2007 at 3:17 amVisit Guss
Big Mo
That kind of nonsense doesn’t even deserve a reply.
Ayschlay Says:
June 26th, 2007 at 8:45 amVisit Ayschlay
Here are some considerations regarding partition:
Regional balance of power–countering relative power of Iran
Kurdish separatism–Turkey and Iran, with large Kurdish populations, might not be crazy about an autonomous Kurdish Iraq
Transnational Shiite movement–Hezbollah in Lebanon, Shia militias in Iraq, with guidance and resources from Iran
I wonder if former Yugoslavia is similar–with no effective central state, the ethnic groups fly apart or at each other. It’s been 20 years now more or less, and things are now calming down it seems. And we expect our troops and bascially a puppet regime to fix things in Iraq in a year or so?