Politics makes strange bedfellows. I can see most of the Sunnis voting against this (charter), plus the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, plus moderate-minded, secular-minded Shia and even some Kurds.
- David MackWe wanted (the Sunnis) to mobilize politically, but we certainly didn`t want them to mobilize politically against the constitution.
- David MackMany Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all.
- Alain de VogueThe insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
- Alexis GordonThe U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
- Amy ErnestEven the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.
- Amy ErnestThe key here is the Sunnis have voted in large numbers. One way or another, the Iraqis will be in a position to move forward. You defeat an insurgency politically as well as militarily.
- Andy EllisThose who participated in drafting the constitution want the Sunnis right now to register and to vote against it,
- Anjem Choudary