Where does Iraq and the Middle East go from here?

[Zlejedi]

Zim said:
It's a trap! I can just imagine this thread turning ugly.

The only contribution I will make is to say to Seece that it is really incredibly early to decide if it was worth the money or not. Events like this will influence history for hundreds (if not thousands) of years.

It's not a perfect example but at the same I think illustrates the kind of point I'm trying to make. In 1890 a Turkish boat sank near Japan. 533 of the crew died while 69 made it to shore and were treated well by the Japanese people and returned home. 120 years later Japan and Turkey still enjoy great relations and a large part of it is attributed to this event.

Again not trying to draw a direct comparison (or even saying the outcome will be positive in the current situation) but just pointing out that this helping of 69 people greatly aided these countries and Turkey have since done similar kind acts for the Japanese.

Best thing for good relationship in this case is lack of conflict of interest and being separated by thousand of miles from each other ;)