Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Divide et impera...

In Irlanda, Palestina, India, Rwanda e chissa' quanti altri posti si
sta ancora morendo grazie alle divisioni create dagli imperi
coloniali.
Sembra che l'Irak sia il prossimo nella lista.
Ovviamente, chiedere il parere agli Irakeni (che a larghe maggioranze
sono contrari al federalismo, e alla divisione settaria del loro
paese,
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GI01Ak01.html
  )
non passa neanche per la testa degli occupanti.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092601506_pf.html
Showing rare bipartisan consensus over war policy, the Senate
overwhelmingly endorsed a political settlement for Iraq that would
divide the country into three semi-autonomous regions.
The plan, conceived by Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joseph R.
Biden Jr. (D-Del.), was approved 75-23 as a non-binding resolution,
with 26 Republican votes. It would not force President Bush to take
any action, but it represents a significant milestone in the Iraq
debate, carving out common ground in a debate that has grown
increasingly polarized and focused on military strategy.
The Biden plan envisions a federal government system for Iraq,
consisting of separate regions for Iraq's Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish
populations. The structure is spelled out in Iraq's constitution, but
Biden would initiate local and regional diplomatic efforts to hasten
its evolution.
"This has genuine bipartisan support,and I think that's a very hopeful
sign," Biden said.
One key Republican supporter was Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.), who
under strong White House pressure last week abruptly withdrew his
support for a proposal to extend home leaves for U.S. troops. Numerous
Republicans considered supporting the extension, but they backed off
when Warner reversed his stance. The veteran GOP lawmaker called the
vote on the Biden plan "the high-water mark" for bipartisan efforts on
Iraq this year.
Warner said the vote represented a de facto acknowledgement of the now
widely held view that Iraq's long-term problems cannot be solved
militarily. "This amendment builds on that foundation," said Warner.
"This amendment brings into sharp focus the need for diplomacy."
The resolution collected an unusually diverse group of co-sponsors who
disagree sharply on other aspects of the war, in particular how long
U.S. combat troops should remain. The list ranges from conservative
Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), a GOP
presidential contender, to liberal Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.).
"We can't walk away from Iraq," said Hutchison. "That would make all
the sacrifices that have been made irrelevant. But we do have a
potential solution that can save American lives in the future."
Boxer said: "I see here a light at the end of a very, very dark
tunnel. A darkness that is impacting our nation. It's impacting the
Senate. In a way, we are paralyzed."
The vote also was a political boon for Biden, one of the Democrats'
most respected foreign policy voices, yet a long-shot for his party's
2008 presidential nomination. The floor debate, which started last
week, provided the struggling candidate with a moment in the spotlight
-- and Biden made the most of it. He spent hours on the Senate floor,
held two news conferences, and placed an op-ed Monday in the State, a
newspaper in Columbia, S.C., an early 2008 primary state.
Two of Biden's competitors, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and
Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), voted with him. Sen. Barack Obama (D-
Ill.) missed the vote, as did Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a GOP
presidential candidate and a leading war supporter.
Biden has made his Iraq plan the centerpiece of his 2008 candidacy,
and he will likely herald his Senate success in a Democratic debate
tonight in New Hampshire.

non passa neanche per la testa degli occupanti.
Anche perche' non li riguarda.
-Stefano

 Am.
#_SileNZio ... ladro di foreste!
Di questi giganti, chissa` come mai, ne avete lasciati 2 (dicoNZi 
due)...testimoniaNZa del crimine massimo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tane_Mahuta
Adesso, se volete salvare il pianeta, piantate un albero ciascuno nel primo 
metro di terra che vi capita...a Voi colonial-imperialisti ve ne toccano 
tutti quelli che avete fregato....eddove la troverete tanta terra!...??
Giano

 proprie.
#_Quando volete anda' affa' il pichinicche vicino a Stonehenge, invece del 
cestino col boiled-egg, il pye, il thermos col tea (ma coll'immancabbbbile 
teiera)... i biscottini, le 'saviette col merletto, tutte le altre tazzine 
col piattino e cosette da veri vittoriani puritani ...portate vanga e 
pianticella!
Tornate accasa solo quando le mani sono gia`callose.
Giano 

 Am.
#_Nun t'e` venuta 'na sciolta?
_Le *quatromila* navi della flotta di sua maesta`48 FF, per la quale e colla 
quale avete spogliato il mondo, non erano fatte di noccioli di pesca!
<G.> 

 visto che all'epoca erano espressioni geografiche piuttosto che stati.
grazie al cazzo, erano colonie, difficile che fossero stati...

 Io me sento in pace co' me stesso.
toh, il brits si dissocia da se stesso e parla in romanesco...ROTFL


si vede che gli sta facendo il pieno nel sedere qualche militante
della Mussolini

 PS Come stanno i cugini Romano, Edda e Claretta?
eddai, anche Prodi si chiama Romano e suo fratello Vittorio, ma
nessuno gli dà mai del fascista...

 Anche tu hai dei beniti in famiglia?
chissà invece quanti tuoi parenti facevano collezione di teschi di
popoli colonizzati dai brits in giro per il mondo...