Ron - Here's how I see it, if the Shiite majority holds the power in government, it does not negate Sunni rights. Thats like saying because Christians dominate our government, we all have to be Christians. It does mean, however, that oil rights belong to Iraq as a whole, not to Sunnis or Shias or Kurds.

I know that this is overly optimistic, but I don't think that Iraq should be divided on the basis of religion or oil rights. Afterall, we all know that the money that is made from the oil or its transport will hardly trickle down to the general populace anyway.

Furthermore, I don't see that the U.S. has any reason to want the Shiite majority to rule and is doing everything in its power to de-stabilize the existing government for fear of a theocracy allied with Iran. What the U.S. is hoping for is a secular Sunni autocrat that will do business with them.