Bush: Iraq’s Sunnis face choice on constitution
DONNELLY, Idaho (Reuters) – President George W. Bush said
on Tuesday that Iraq’s Sunnis, who have balked at a draft
constitution offered by Shi’ites and Kurds, have to decide what
kind of society they want to live in.
“This talk about Sunnis rising up, I mean the Sunnis have
got to make a choice. Do they want to live in a society that’s
free, or do they want to live in violence?” Bush told
reporters.
Speaking at a resort in Idaho, he said that the drafting of
the constitution was an “amazing event.”
Bush added, “Anyway I’m optimistic about what’s taking
place.”
Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government has ruled out any major
change to a draft constitution that parliament looks set to
pass this week despite minority Sunni objections that it could
ignite civil war.