When is the killing going to stop? What is wrong with these people?
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
United States
February 3, 2007 2:07pm CST
Bomber kills as much as 121 in Baghdad. A suicide truck bomber struck a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad on Saturday, killing as many as 121 people among the crowd buying food for evening meals, one of the most devastating attacks in the capital since the war started.
My questions to you are these.
When will the sectarian violence in Iraq stop?
What makes a person willing to blow themselves up in an attempt to kill others?
And why are the people of Iraq taking advantage of this unique opportunity for freedom and democracy?
Why does one group think that they deserve to live and another group deserves to die?
What is going on inside these folks head?
Lloyd
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@beautifulceiling (1300)
• United States
3 Feb 07
The US triggered this civil war. We were warned that it would happen if we invaded. We invaded anyway and the civil war started, exactly as predicted. And then we stand around scratching our heads in confusion and ask what is wrong with these people.
I guess think of it this way. Before our own civil war, if a foreign country had come in and taken one side or the other and openly stated that they were going to change America into whatever kind of country they thought it would be, do you think there would have been an increase in violence? Would it have triggered the Civil War if it hadn't already started?
@lloydanthony111 (4698)
• United States
3 Feb 07
I understand that the U.S. involvement in Iraq is problematic, however I'd like to know why are they killing each other.
What to they expect to acheive? It seems as if they have chosen the worst possible option.
How about dividing the country into 3 territories (Shiite, Sunni and Kurds) and sharing the oil revenue?
How about living amonst each other and being thankful that Sadaam and his sons are not around?
How about being civilized and building a great nation in the Middle East? They certainly have the resources.
Lloyd
@beautifulceiling (1300)
• United States
3 Feb 07
I think a confederacy of sorts may be the only solution. IMO, the key is to remember that there is a LOT of baggage among these groups. The hostility isn't something new. It's just that when the US invaded, it was a catalyst for the hostility to erupt into violence that had been simmering for a long, long time. So the feelings run very deep. It's a rather idealistic perspective to think that they can just put all of that aside for the sake of peace, but we need idealists in the world. I myself swing wildly from idealism to realism, depending on the topic.
I hope that someday what you envision will happen.
