Has anyone thought about asking the Arab League to step in?

[MUAD_DIB]

I know Bush wants the oil and power, but has this ever been brought up as a solution to get the US out of Iraq?

Has it ever been floated by any Dem?

[XemaSab]

1. Smells like pan-Arab civil war?

:shrug:

[MUAD_DIB]

3. I don't know that to be true. The longer that we wait to ask

that becomes more of a possibility anyway.

No?


If the US pulls out then what?


This is a Muslim problem. Bush made it, but the Muslims might be just the ones to come together over this.


Maybe...

[XemaSab]

8. I think the simple lesson of the middle east

is stay out of the middle east.

I think we are well on the road toward a pan-Arab meltdown a la Yugoslavia, but that's just a gut feeling.

There are too many nasty, conflicting parties in the region. All the elements in "War is a Force that Gives us Meaning" seem to be in play here, between the ideologies and the lack of wealth (other than oil wealth) in the region.

[aquart]

2. Fine. Ask the Sunnis what to do about the Shias.

And vice versa.

Hell, televise the conference.

[MUAD_DIB]

4. Has anybody asked yet?? It seems like that isn't the case.

It beats not doing anything. Right?

[fairfaxvadem]

5. I'll bet they want nothing to do with this mess.

They are all looking over their own shoulders and trying to contain their own populations. There is no way they'll step in.

[fuzzyball]

6. Do you know of any Arab country to have won a military victory

over non-Arab country? Iran is behind the shia in Iraq
and there is no Arab country willing to take on Iran.
Note - Iran is NOT Arab racially.

[MUAD_DIB]

7. It's worth a try. Better to have our troops out and back home than

taking hits everyday.

All of the posts are pretty down on the Arabs and Persians.

[fuzzyball]

9. Hey I agree with you, but I know the Arab mentality of staying out

of war since every time they get in they get their ass kicked.

[XemaSab]

10. Afghanistan isn't Arab

but they've kicked the asses of both the English and the Russians. :shrug:

[fuzzyball]

12. Exactly....but the Arabs have kicked ass of no one...not even

Israel who is 1/100 the size in manpower of surrounding sea
of Arabs.

[karynnj]

11. Many Democrats have mentioned the Arab League

as being part of the solution. I know Kerry did as early as in 2004. (I think Clark has mentioned them as a key player too - but I'm on shaky ground here - though I'm pretty sure he did.)

In 2005, the Arab League actually had a proposal that had timing very similar to what Feingold (flexible target dates ending in Dec 2006) and Kerry with his Oct 2005 plan (that called for us to be out in 12-15 months) retaining only the ability to strike terrorists. Obviosly they were not given that much respect by Bush.

Kerry in December 2006 mentioned in a Wolf Blitzer interview (on Johnkerry.com) that the Arab league was trying to help (I can't remember actual detail though)