Iraq Confederation Peace Proposal

"1. What is the Iraq Confederation Peace Proposal? The Iraq Confederation Peace Proposal is a plan for decentralized government in Iraq that could end its civil war and allow American forces to honorably..."

"2. Who am I and why should you continue reading? I am not an expert nor a scholar. I'm just someone who believes that if a solution to Iraq's civil war is understandable and acceptable to ordinary people,..."

"3. What past conflict is similar to the civil war in Iraq? The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) to be free from British domination is similar to the civil war in Iraq. The similarity is as follows:..."

"4. Why is Iraq's democratically elected Shia government oppressive? Because the minority Sunnis unfairly dominated the majority Shias during Saddam Hussein's Baathist dictatorship, the democratically..."

"5. Won't Iraq's Shia government end its oppression after the Sunni insurgency is defeated? America imposed a federal (strong national government) democracy in Iraq, which encourages sectarian conflict..."

"6. Since Iraq's conflict is similar, how did the American Revolutionary War end? After seven years of fighting, the technically and numerically superior British forces could not stamp out the American..."

"7. Why would a confederation end Iraq's civil war? Sunni insurgents are fighting for control of Iraq's national government and national security forces in order to be free from Shia domination. Under..."

"8. How can an Iraqi confederation be created? Iraq's constitution grants provinces the right by majority vote to consolidate into regions to limitedly govern themselves. Iraq's constitution already recognizes..."

"9. Aren't Iraq's provinces too sectarianly mixed to confederate? Confederation does not require sectarian separation. Under confederation, Iraq's regions would still be sectarianly mixed though each regional..."

"10. Under confederation, what would remain of Iraq's national government? Iraq's constitution establishes a number of responsibilities for the national government that would continue under confederation;..."

"11. Under confederation, what would unite Iraq's regions into one nation? Under confederation, three things would unite Iraq's regions into one nation: Oil, Water, Security. The Sunnis in the middle of..."

"12. What if Iraq's Shia government refuses to confederate? If Iraq's Shia government refuses to confederate, then it is choosing to oppressively govern as Saddam Hussein did in his dictatorship. Since..."

"13. Doesn't America have a moral obligation to stay in Iraq and stamp out its civil war? America invaded Iraq to end the threat from weapons of mass destruction. The threat was a bluff, which was the..."

"14. Won't America's unilateral withdrawal plunge Iraq into a catastrophic civil war? Iraq's civil war is mostly being fought in Baghdad where Sunnis are fighting Shias for control of the national government...."

"15. Won't America's unilateral withdrawal pull Iraq's neighbors into a sectarian war? "Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils." This quote by American Revolutionary War General John..."

"16. Won't America's unilateral withdrawal threaten oil production in and around Iraq? Iraq's oil production is lower now than before America's invasion because of Sunni insurgent attacks on oil facilities...."

"17. Won't America's unilateral withdrawal harm its reputation and increase Islamic terrorism? Islamic terrorism is an ideology, not a country. Just as the ideology of Communism was defeated by engagement..."

"18. Didn't the Iraq Study Group reject confederation? In a report released by the United States Institute of Peace (www.usip.org), the Iraq Study Group rejected the option to separate Iraq into three..."

"19. Does anyone propose a plan for Iraq similar to confederation? U.S. Senator Joseph Biden proposes a Five Point Plan for Iraq (www.planforiraq.com ) that would: 1) Establish One Iraq, with Three Regions...."

"20. How can you help end Iraq's civil war through the Iraq Confederation Peace Proposal? Americans should contact President Bush, senators, representatives, media, columnists, and bloggers to express..."