Sunday, 02 September 2007,
Presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan. talks to students at Greensburg High School in Greensburg, Kan. Thursday, Aug 30, 2007 AP.
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US Republican presidential candidate Sen. Sam Brownback told high school students in this tornado- ravaged city Thursday that the United States needs a "political surge" in Iraq that will divide that country into three independent states with a weak federated government in Baghdad.
Responding to a question from a student, the Republican presidential candidate drew in blue marker on a dry-erase board a rough sketch of Iraq divided into a Kurdish, Sunni and Shiite regions.
Amid the ruins of the students' Kansas town that was all but destroyed by a May 4 tornado, Brownback gave them an impromptu lesson on rebuilding Iraq.
"Baghdad is the biggest problem of this right now," he told about two dozen juniors and seniors crowded into one of the modular classrooms that has become their school.
The United States should "facilitate the movement" of people in that city into ethnic neighborhoods, he said. "It is the reality of what is on the ground. If you don't do it, it happens by death squads," he added.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan. talks to students at Greensburg High School in Greensburg, Kan. Thursday, Aug 30, 2007 AP. Sam Brownback, the Republican presidential 2008 candidate official website
The conflict between the Shiite and Sunni communities has gone on for a thousand years, and the United States can't resolve it, Brownback said, adding that the American people are tired of the Iraq war.
Outside the classroom later, Brownback said he is a supporting a bipartisan bill to split Iraq, with a Kurdish region in the north and separate Shiite and Sunni regions in the south.
Amid the ruins of the students' Kansas town that was all but destroyed by a May 4 tornado, Brownback gave them an impromptu lesson on rebuilding Iraq.
"Baghdad is the biggest problem of this right now," he told about two dozen juniors and seniors crowded into one of the modular classrooms that has become their school.
The United States should "facilitate the movement" of people in that city into ethnic neighborhoods, he said. "It is the reality of what is on the ground. If you don't do it, it happens by death squads," he added.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan. talks to students at Greensburg High School in Greensburg, Kan. Thursday, Aug 30, 2007 AP. Sam Brownback, the Republican presidential 2008 candidate official website
The conflict between the Shiite and Sunni communities has gone on for a thousand years, and the United States can't resolve it, Brownback said, adding that the American people are tired of the Iraq war.
Outside the classroom later, Brownback said he is a supporting a bipartisan bill to split Iraq, with a Kurdish region in the north and separate Shiite and Sunni regions in the south.
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