From: "Mark" 

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/iraq/articles/20060402.aspx

Watch the Trends, Not the Headlines "April 2, 2006: What you see in
the Iraq news, is not what you get. The news business demands startling
headlines, to attract eyeballs. It's business, as the eyeballs are rented
to advertisers to pay for it all. But the reality of the news is less
startling, and consists of trends. These are the current trends in Iraq.

After three years, the Sunni Arabs, who long dominated Iraq, most recently
under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, are giving up. It took so long
because of a quirk in Arab culture, one that encourages the support of lost
causes. The term "cut your losses and move on" is not as popular
in the Arab world as it is in the West. But even the slow learners in the
Sunni Arab community had to finally confront some unfavorable trends. Chief
among these was;..."

"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
news:443026a5$1{at}w3....
> On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:08:22 +0100, Adam wrote:
>
>> George Sherwood wrote:
>>> [quoted text muted]
>> Nah the point is that the Iraqi resistance is now well funded, well
>> organised & in the midst of a unification process. They now no longer
>> need
>> a Jordanian to run the show & in fact it's counter productive
in the "day
>> after the foreign fighter withdrawal" scenario where the local fighters
>> seek to swap simple resistance to the foreigner for political power
>> within
>> Iraq.
>>
>> Local nationalism vs pan-arabism/pan-islamism is generally always a fight
>> that the "pan" people lose.
>>
>> Adam
>
> Well I figured if any one could see this as a positive development it
> would be you.   We will have to see how it plays out.
>
> George

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