[lbo-talk] Sadrism, in qualified defence of

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 31 11:29:00 PDT 2006


On Aug 31, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Michael J. Smith wrote:


> On Thursday 31 August 2006 12:44, Doug Henwood wrote:
>> How can someone whose base is poor Shiites
>> unify such a diverse country?
>
> This observation got me scratching my head a bit. Is it conceivable
> that _anybody_ could re-"unify" Iraq? Is that a possible scenario
> at all? If so, how would it work? And moreover, is it imperative
> that "unification" should happen? Personally, I prefer multi-ethnic
> and multi-religious states to the other kind, but whence arises
> the urgency of putting this particular Humpty Dumpty back together
> again?

I'm not saying it's possible or even desirable - I was just reacting to Michael Perelman's colleague's claim, which seems extremely odd.

Doug



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