Bernie Sanders asks: Do you support or oppose providing intelligence to the Iraqi government?

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. . .and more:

Bernie Sanders ?@SenSanders 10m
Do you support or oppose providing intelligence to the Iraqi government? http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/Iraq

Do you support or oppose sending combat troops to Iraq?

Do you support or oppose providing intelligence to the Iraqi government?

Do you support or oppose a major diplomatic initiative aimed at mobilizing the international community to stabilize the situation in Iraq

Do you support or oppose deploying up to 300 military advisors to train and advise Iraqi soldiers?

answer Bernie's poll here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/Iraq

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1. Thanks! Done, and kicking!

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2. The issue is "which government"?

The government is installed there CAUSED this latest problem by simply being the Shia version of Saddam Hussein.

During the 2008 Presidential debates there was only one voice that made a lick of sense to me and that was Joe Biden. He simply observed that the West has arbitrarily created the boundaries of Iraq, forcing together three completely different cultures. The Sunni, Shia and Kurds have lived in neighboring areas for a long time more-or-less peacefully. Forcing them all to live under one winner-take-all government was never going to be stable, unless you have a ruthless dictator that meets the slightest instability with executions.

Biden said that the best solution would be to form three nations, or at least a government structure that recognized three mostly autonomous states.

Joe was right, and he still seems to be the only person who has figured this out. And that ought to be the baseline requirement for any assistance from the West.