Compare and Contrast

The Iraqi’s are fighting each other over 15th Century issues yet control a significant portion of the 21st Century’s most important fuel.

Here is a report that says Sunnis were killed for talking to Shiites;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17433717/



And here is a story about mixed Sunni-Shiite marriages under pressure
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030300647.html



And here our ambassador to Iraq praises the new agreement on how the Kurds, Sunnis, and Shiites will share oil revenues and thus promote a more stable state
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR2007030201143.html


I suppose it is fortunate that they are not fighting their 15th Century feud with 21st Century weapons.