# What's your plan for Iraq after the war?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-plan-for-iraq-after-the-war/149840>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 20, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-plan-for-iraq-after-the-war/149840 "2003-01-20T19:31:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-plan-for-iraq-after-the-war/149840/81 "2003-01-25T19:57:30Z")

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I hope you don’t think that I can be swayed by oily flattery! No, sir!

However, sincere regard earnestly expressed, well, that’s another matter…

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**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-plan-for-iraq-after-the-war/149840/82 "2003-03-08T15:28:59Z")

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Please note, due to new events, this thread has been resurrected - note the date of the post above.

This thread, particularly page 2, is a very interesting read. I missed it on its first go around.

Now, a few diffferent news stories about post-war Iraq have hit the news services.

First, the [New Zealand Herald](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3199215&thesection=news&thesubsection=world) reports that a source leaked a UN plan for post-war Iraq (first reported by the Times of London). The UN attempted to deny the report exists, but doesn’t appear to be very successful, according to [Reuters](http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05344712).

Yesterday, the Pentagon released some details of their post-war Iraq, according to [UPI](http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030307-043844-5481r).

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> U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Tommy Franks will be in total charge of Iraq immediately after the war, but will be supported shortly thereafter by three civilian administrators, each in charge of a different geographic sector of the country, Pentagon officials said Friday.
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> Iraq would be divided into thirds for administrative purposes – northern, southern and central sectors. The borders of those areas have not been established, according to the Pentagon officials, but the southern sector is expected to be demographically dominated by Shiites and the northern sector by Kurds.

So, what do you think? Can this plan work? What is right about it? What is wrong about it? Your input is hereby requested.

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