Comments on: The Iraqi Parliament bomb http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/04/12/the-iraqi-parliament-bomb/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:41:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stuart Fairney http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/04/12/the-iraqi-parliament-bomb/#comment-1644 Stuart Fairney Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:24:15 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=201#comment-1644 Your summary is exactly right, para-military/terror groups can only function if they enjoy the support of at least a substantial minority of the population. The fact that people support some of these militia groups indicate a lack of confidence in and support for the democratic institution that is in place. When the infiltrated police are carrying out massacres and are totally untrusted, it is hardly surprising thet there is a reaction. As it was with the catholics and the RUC in Ulster in the sixties and seventies, so it is now with the police and some Sunni groups. And sadly so it will continue, until confidence is restored on the institutions. Simply putting more troops on the ground, won't be a long term fix as we found out in Ulster. The current political and legal structure is clearly flawed, and this needs to be addressed. Your summary is exactly right, para-military/terror groups can only function if they enjoy the support of at least a substantial minority of the population. The fact that people support some of these militia groups indicate a lack of confidence in and support for the democratic institution that is in place. When the infiltrated police are carrying out massacres and are totally untrusted, it is hardly surprising thet there is a reaction. As it was with the catholics and the RUC in Ulster in the sixties and seventies, so it is now with the police and some Sunni groups. And sadly so it will continue, until confidence is restored on the institutions. Simply putting more troops on the ground, won’t be a long term fix as we found out in Ulster. The current political and legal structure is clearly flawed, and this needs to be addressed.

]]> By: billy http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/04/12/the-iraqi-parliament-bomb/#comment-1638 billy Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:52:03 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=201#comment-1638 If the majority group attacked the minority group and squeezed them between themselves and the Kurds wouldn't that help? The borders of Iraq make no allowance for the ethnic and religious differences. Why not rearrange them again? If the majority group attacked the minority group and squeezed them between themselves and the Kurds wouldn’t that help?
The borders of Iraq make no allowance for the ethnic and religious differences. Why not rearrange them again?

]]> By: David Anthony http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/04/12/the-iraqi-parliament-bomb/#comment-1635 David Anthony Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:30:14 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=201#comment-1635 This may be an unpopular statement and I don't really support it myself ... but is a full democracy really what is needed (or viable) in Iraq at the moment? Wouldn't a British model of democracy be better suited to the region than the American model that has been largely adopted? This may be an unpopular statement and I don’t really support it myself … but is a full democracy really what is needed (or viable) in Iraq at the moment?

Wouldn’t a British model of democracy be better suited to the region than the American model that has been largely adopted?

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