Omigosh!

THIS IS JUST LIKE SENATOR FRIST AND THE NUCLEAR OPTION!

I think the Iraqi government has shown great patience with the Sunnis, but it's time to move forward with the process. The American constitutional convention did not include delegates from one state (Rhode Island) and yet went forward.

North Carolina rejected the Constitution at first, but ratified it eventually.

Unanimity is not required when drafting and approving such a document, despite how the media will undoubtedly spin Sunni rejection of the document.

Crap, used the same word twice in one sentence.

Loose shiite. (sorry, that was bad)

Wow - who do the Sunnis really sound like?

In terms of power they are now consigned to the minority, political losers who wallow in self-pity and conspiracy theory. They hate their politically ascendent fellow countrymen, nurturing delusions of grandeur and confident in the knowledge of their own true superiority (all indications to the contrary notwithstanding).

Every political move they could make that might be beneficial, they reject out of spite, because it might benefit not just them, but the Shia and Kurds as well.

Is there a Sunni Howard Dean I haven't heard about?

I sense the fell hand of the Dread Lord Rove. His malign influence spreads beyond all borders, all peoples, all times. Karl Rove is simply the avatar of the Great Old One, Cthulhu! Prepare to be eaten. That is all.

They're acting just as the European royal families did when the people rose up to take over. They simply could not imagine not being in power. They felt destined to rule. It was the will of the Almighty.

A lotof them died before they ever realized the truth.

Monty:

Don't you see the hand of the Great Bush, He-Who-IS-Beloved-of-Mighty-Cthulu? Don't be distracted by a mere Rovian hand!

Seriously: Isn't this a case of Sunnis cutting off their nose to spite their face? They are being offered a region with arable land and acess to plenty of water - they could turn their area into the breadbasket of the entire region in a few years. They don't NEED oil wells on their soil to prosper.