2008 will be the year of waiting. Waiting for common sense to break out. Waiting for the candidates to figure out that the Iraq Problem has a simple solution.
PARTITION. Chop it up into three semi autonomous regions. Shiastan, Sunnistan, and Kurdistan. The current and continuing problems are all related to being one of the three. Sunni’s and Shia’s don’t like each other, the Kurds just want to be left alone. The Adminstration’s grand plan of Enlightment through Democracy is such an expensively absymal failure as to boggle the mind.
Semi Autonomous as the underlying issue and revenue is oil, which should be shared equally. Basically the Iraq Congress can be a bookeeper, and leave the rest of the living to the folks in their states. Shia and Sunni will be able to live in their own states, and will figure out that not everything in the known universe is subject to religious law. Kurdistan will be a problem in the short term for the Turks and Afghans, as both countries have been trying to wipe them out for years with no success.
Israel will be the biggest problem diplomatically in terms of being able to pull this off, their continuing bickering over Palestine will be spotlighted for the bullshit it is.
2008 will be the year of waiting. Waiting for folks to return Copyright back to 14 years. Repudiate the Berne Convention and the Paraguay Rounds, dismantle WIPO, and start over.
2008 will be the year of waiting. Waiting for folks to get over gender as an issue of worth, a scapegoat, or a crutch.
2008 will be the year of waiting. Waiting for folks to value each other.
2009 may be a happy new year, but 2008 is gonna suck.