en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/615208 Comments by TruthSeeker62 http://original.antiwar.com/eland/2009/07/24/lessons-from-sudan-for-iraq/#IDComment28380685 The obvious is not obvious when there are foreign interests played in "peaceful" solutions. While it is simple and fair to divide national resources among conflicting groups in one national region, it is often not wise to fulfill the wishes of the super powers which find it attractive to divide and conquer, and hence without intention facilitate colonialism on the long run . Splitting a nation on sectarian and ethnic lines does not serve the warring groups in a nation. In fact, quite the opposite can be more profitable as is the case in the US system of government comprising a confederation of locally administered states. The Soviet Union (today's Russia) is not in a better position than it were prior to the breakdown of the Union although much is to be said about the political ideology of the former system of government which was responsible for the breakdown. If every ethnic group must demand its independence from the host nation, this can find no end once it gets started. There is simply no substitute for tolerance, social justice, and democracy in any healthy system of government. That's what Sudan and Iraq need. However, before any of that can happen, Iraq must be free and independent and all its decisions must be made to serve its own national interest without regard to foreign and occupational interest. Israel and Palestinians? That is a much more complicated situation, because Israelis to Palestinians and reciprocally true are not seen as members of the same nation. A different rule of justice must apply there that could demand much more. Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:11:14 +0000 http://original.antiwar.com/eland/2009/07/24/lessons-from-sudan-for-iraq/#IDComment28380685