tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post2633913958612033485..comments2023-10-29T09:20:01.247-05:00Comments on In This Moment: President Bush's Iraq PlanDiane Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134079095789524153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post-36087853308600344842007-01-10T21:02:00.000-06:002007-01-10T21:02:00.000-06:00Who supported whom and who continues to support wh...Who supported whom and who continues to support whom falls largely along sunni/shii lines, much as the political parties in Lebanon are divided along religious lines (Druze, Christian, Muslim, etc).<br /><br />The shrine was destroyed as potent symbol of Shiites, not as a religious symbol. It was retaliation againt the political actions of those who attended the shrine, not a sectarian move based upon hatred of the Shiite sect of Islam.<br /><br />Blaming the violence on sectarian issues is laying the blame at the wrong doorstep. It's not hatred of sunnis and shiis that's at the bottom of the violence in Iraq, it's hatred of collaborators, invading armies, and the hope that a different group could control Iraq if the US got rid of Saddam.Pamela K Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947873372317850970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28633811.post-86496592053410422172007-01-10T20:51:00.000-06:002007-01-10T20:51:00.000-06:00If it's not about Sunni and Shiite, why was that s...If it's not about Sunni and Shiite, why was that shrine destroyed?tcampshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442725504403275374noreply@blogger.com