I do not believe that giving more guns to the Iraqi people is going to lead to peace. This does not mean that I want to leave the Iraqis defenseless to be taken over by Iran. My plan is to help the Iraqis build Weapons Free Safe Zones and increase automated tactical support for the Iraqi government. In addition, we need to help the Iraqi’s modernize their Oil Production and rebuild their utilities and infrastructure. These solutions to the Iraqi conflict are founded on solid principles of security and threat resolution.

The mere thought that giving people more guns in order to make peace, is mindless. The practice of arming Saddam Hussein’s former Baathist police forces with weapons has only further enraged the enemies of peace in this region. Peace cannot be achieved by arming more people in an area that is riddled with age old sectarian violence.

 Unlike the plan to build a tri-state government in Iraq, I don’t want to force the Iraqi government to adopt any government devised by the U.S.. That can only lead to more hostility and sectarian violence. Separating people that once lived side by side in harmony makes no sense. We all have seen what the break up of Yugoslavia led to. That pattern is not the pathway to peace. It is only a new path to War.

 I would offer the Iraqis a simple solution to their deeply troubled Nation. I propose that we assist the Iraqi’s in building Weapons Free Safe Zones where they can prosper in Renewable Energy Villages far away from any threat of Terror. Outside many of the cities in Iraq are vast open areas of land where people can develop economies in harmony with the environment. Fresh water systems and agriculture can prosper within these Safe Zones that would span 30 miles in diameter. Villages can be constructed from Modular recycled housing materials. Electric vehicles can be powered by renewable energy systems like Wind and Solar. The refugees fleeing violence in the cities can live together peacefully as Iraqi citizens..not Shiites vs. Kurds vs Sunis, but rather as new citizens in a New Iraq!

 I take the security of the Iraqi people very seriously, and would in no way want the Iraqi Government to be funded by more Military build up. I want to bring 100,000 Troops home within 6 Months of being in Office. I want to leave a force of 50,000 there to assist the Iraqi’s in building Weapons Free Safe Zones for their future survival. Eventually, the Iraqis will manage their own security. Meanwhile, we will support the Iraqis with Automated Tactical Support from our Drone Weapons Systems. In addition, we will have our troops offer humanitarian support to the Iraqi people.

The best path to peace is prosperity. It is not my plan to neglect the one resource that can restore Iraq to a Nation of economic vitality. That is why we need to help the Iraqis modernize their Oil Production. I want all of Iraq to reap the profits of their Oil wealth equally in a Nation that is dedicated to Peace. I believe these times call for an original modern plan for Peace in this region. My plan offers fresh water to the Middle East. My Seawater Pipeline concept can revolutionize the way we are solving this conflict. Solving the basic necessities of Life are integral to resolving longstanding sectarian violence.

Thanks for reading this and understanding that my passion is for the safe resolve of the Iraqi War.

-David Jon Sponheim

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 This is our second piece from Independent Write - in Candidate David Jon Sponheim. David’s BlogTv programs are engaging and enjoyable and the ideas and interaction is quick. It’s as I once discussed with Robert Reich (briefly in 2004, and it was the thesis of his book after all), but that America’s strength in the economy is it’s labour force. And “labour force” doesn’t mean carpenters and construction workers, it means people with ideas, solutions, and even ideals.

 If the power brokers truly forget this, as they did so early in the industrial revolution, then capitalism chooses to fail. Marx and Engels knew this inherently, and as they saw things emerging in 1848 (as did Bismarck), they presciently laid out a Hegelian-inspired “what if” rather than an “it will be so”. The “it will be so” came from the prevailing nihilism of the time (and the buzz-inducing array of political theory developing at the time).

 So soes this mean I’m a communist? Of course not. It means I understand that history is more important than one can imagine, and that there is a huge difference between the psuedo Communism of Stalin, just like there is a massive difference between being Jewish and being a Zionist. Ouch, eh?  Well send your thoughts, then.

 Sven Eric Balabanoff  email: editor@globalpundit.org