What if most of the Iraqi people DON'T care if a true peacekeeping and re-building force is exclusively 'Islamic' or from 'Islamic' countries (I admit my sample of opinion is small; I asked two Iraqis). This perceived need for an Islamic force seems to be more a fantasy of the Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan (and even Syria), who betrayed Iraq but who now think that somehow they can still help the US finesse a success in Iraq. Hell, the Serbians, Cubans or North Koreans would be more popular in Iraq than the US or the UK could ever be (and anyone who thought about it would have known that in 2001-2; all you have to do is remember the USuk alliance's continuous slaughter of Iraqis from the first Gulf War on).
What's important is that the force be seen as controlled, respectful of local communities, NEUTRAL and, beyond immediate self-protection, being there for peacekeeping, enforcing agreements. They wouldn't be there to run combat missions, air strikes, and ultraviolent raids on Fallujah, Najaf, Samarra, or Sadr City, Baghdad.
These troops would have to be coordinated with the Iraqis themselves so that the country and its people can get enough services restored. Then society could function, and true re-building could begin. The thing Iraq needs most now is an effective police force and a true national unity government where economic planning makes rebuilding a priority (which of course was never a priority for the US occupiers, destroyers, contractors and freebooters).
As I've said before, the only forces for liberation and getting the USuk alliance out of Iraq are coming from the Iraqis. A solution would have to work with the liberators and acknowledge their victory.
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