Marble Composition

Uncorking Ethnic Slaughter

I'm going to give this terribly short shrift, and people much wiser than me have written entire books on these subjects, but the historical record stands:

- After the fall of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia crumbled and a massive ethnic/civil war ensued. The U.S., allied with NATO, ended the violence.

- After 9/11, the U.S. decided to overthrow Hussein's dictatorship in Iraq, thereby unleashing another sectarian/civil war.

If you pull the top off of a brutal regime, one that has suppressed tribal and religious differences for decades, you'd best be ready for an all out slaughter when those forces are set free to roam the country and settle up differences.

Just sayin'...

posted by FuzzFinger @ 11/22/2006 08:10:00 PM