Arthur Chrenkoff via Instapundit, where there’s more;
[N]otice the moving goal-posts – hasn’t the media been telling us in the past that “at the heart of the insurgency” there are the native Sunni nationalists who want the foreign occupiers out of the country, and that “the radical Islamists, many of them foreign terrorists” are merely a marginal phenomenon? Is that because there’s a chance that the new strategy of reconciliation will actually work to diminish the insurgency, so the Bush Administration and the Iraqi government have to be set up for failure according to a new and more demanding (if not an impossible) standard? On the positive side, it’s good to see that the BBC finally acknowledges that at least some of our enemies want to create “a new Islamic empire”.
Thoughts on the Maliki reconciliation plan at Iraq The Model;
No legitimacy for outlaw militants, period.
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I’m soooo lonely!!
The reading, hearing of the word “reconciliation” put together with “some of our enemies” is significant in that we haven’t seen this kind of initiative in a long time. World leaders have to quickly move to meet at U.N. table. A perfect initiative for PM Harper at this juncture.
The ‘olive branch’ proffered on the conditions of cease fire agreements. Past, present grievances vetted by all parties. Televised worldwide. All solution proposals reviewed and implemented.
North Korea, China, Russia in attendance with all insurgent factions given a specified period of amnesty. It’ doable. Just do it PM Harper, Peter McKay. Your considerable reasoning skills can carry this forward on behalf of Canada, Canadians showplacing equality among internationals.
Thanks for the forum.
Sunni Arab group endorses national reconciliation plan for Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) – One of Iraq’s largest Sunni Arab groups endorsed the prime minister’s national reconciliation plan on Tuesday, and the government announced new benefits to help freed detainees return to normal lives. via canoe news
The silence in the blogosphere with regard to the ‘reconciliation plan’ is deafening. And what’s anybody saying about the alternative…???
I figure the reconciliation question should be answered by the people of Iraq or it’s elected representitives. It is after all, their problem to deal with long after the coalition is gone.
Mind you reconciliation in the past has led to a lot of “accidents” to members welcomed back in the fold. I know many collaborators in WW2 met untimely demises. Forgive and forget is but an utopian dream created by Ghandi, Mother Teresa and other saintly souls. Some wounds are very deep and take a lifetime to heal.