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kentuck

(111,094 posts) Fri Jun 13, 2014, 04:34 PM Jun 2014

What I would advise the President to do about the Iraq crisis?

He should be talking to our allies behind the scenes to get one of them to ask for an emergency session of the United Nations. His fingerprints should not be on it.

If the United Nations voted to go in to stop the advance of the Sunni rebels, then we would join them. We should do nothing unilaterally.

After all, the people do not approve of going back into Iraq. It was one of the President's successes that he was able to stabilize Iraq enough to withdraw the American troops in an honorable fashion. Why would he want to go back in?

The President should be working the diplomatic channels, including the Iranian government, if he wants to preserve the Maliki government? Also, he needs to be talking with Turkey about stabilizing Kurdistan. By the way, Zbigniew Brzezinski suggested something very similar on the Morning Joe show this morning.

The President and the Democratic Party must be very careful how they handle this crisis.

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What I would advise the President to do about the Iraq crisis? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2014 OP

The President should be working the diplomatic channels, including the Iranian government, yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #1

i bet he is doing all those things. spanone Jun 2014 #2

Then, maybe ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #3

let's hope. spanone Jun 2014 #4

Here's an idea: JaneyVee Jun 2014 #5

Well, they did. The European empires played both sides Warpy Jun 2014 #6

And by "the Iraq crisis" you mean the last 10+ years? N/T Chathamization Jun 2014 #7

We've done enough customerserviceguy Jun 2014 #8

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. The President should be working the diplomatic channels, including the Iranian government,

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 04:49 PM

Jun 2014

I can't imagine Iran talking with us unless we lift all the sanctions against them. Maybe that is what will ultimately happen. Iran has been hurt economically due to sanctions.

spanone

(135,831 posts)

2. i bet he is doing all those things.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 04:50 PM

Jun 2014

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

3. Then, maybe ...

Reply to spanone (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 04:57 PM

Jun 2014

a government that includes all factions can be formed, or the nation should be partitioned ... at their request, and the territories negotiated, drawn and, ultimately, enforced by the UN.

The American doctrine of "Self-Determinism" is nothing if it's not determined by all political elements of the nation.

spanone

(135,831 posts)

4. let's hope.

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 05:07 PM

Jun 2014

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

5. Here's an idea:

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 05:18 PM

Jun 2014

Lets not do anything. No one helped us fight our civil war.

Warpy

(111,256 posts)

6. Well, they did. The European empires played both sides

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 05:38 PM

Jun 2014

and likely made the war last longer than it should have by supplying the south.

Chathamization

(1,638 posts)

7. And by "the Iraq crisis" you mean the last 10+ years? N/T

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 06:35 PM

Jun 2014

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

8. We've done enough

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 10:02 PM

Jun 2014

You can't hand democracy to a cobbled-together 'nation' that does not see the need for it. They will have to outgrow their religions, the way the West did. And it took the latter centuries to do that.

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