Plan V for Victory and Peace in Iraq by Paul Flum, Founder

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Unlike ‘breaking the country apart,’ federalism (as presented in Plan V) would allow Iraq to remain a united country, but it would also allow the three main forces of theocratic belief to enjoy the rewards of semi-independence through four regional autonomous states – a concept that is already enshrined within the Constitution. These four states would become permanent ‘safe havens’ for the millions of Iraqis who have been driven from their homes and communities by the sectarian warfare and the insurgency against American forces.

We can all agree that the chaos in Iraq has been caused in large measure by the forces of theocratic division warfare that has Shiite death squads driving Sunnis from mixed neighborhoods all across the country. Kurdistan is already a semiautonomous non-sectarian state, and the momentum of its internal political reality is towards more independence, not less. The Kurds have been expelling minority populations from their communities as well, making room for the Kurdish refugees that Saddam Hussein drove out of the region.

The Kurdish State is a success story on many levels, but it is also a dangerous flashpoint for reasons that are particular to that area. Turkey is running out of patience with the cross-border raids into Turkey by the Kurdish separatist rebel group, the PKK. They do not think the Bush administration has done nearly enough to force the Kurds to crack down on the rebels, based inside Iraqi Kurdistan.

In mid-October, the Turkish Parliament sent the White House a loud and clear message to get tough with the Kurds or the Turkish military might take matters into their own hands. They overwhelmingly passed a resolution authorizing military incursions into Iraq to track down the rebel forces.

Our strained relationship with Turkey took another turn for the worse with the House Foreign Relations Committee approval of a resolution condemning Turkey for the World War I genocide against thousands of Armenians. Final vote on the resolution by the full House has been postponed, but the damage has been done.

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