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DetlefK

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5. Easy answer.

Reply to polly7 (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 27, 2015, 11:33 AM

Nov 2015

There was no Shia-Sunni conflict in Iraq during the era of Saddam Hussein because
1. he killed all troublemakers
2. Iraq had a stronger sense of nationality, as can be seen from the Iran-Iraq-war. The shia Iraqis didn't join the shia Iranians.

And after the US-invasion?
All of a sudden Muqtada Al-Sadr took up contacts with Iran and Al-Maliki couldn't wait to destroy the fragile Sunni-Shia balance the US had set up in the iraqi administration.

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Forget ISIS: Humanity is at Stake [View all] polly7 Nov 2015 OP

What kind of flaming bullshit is that??? DetlefK Nov 2015 #1

Whoa ....... you're angry today. polly7 Nov 2015 #2

And what exactly does that have to do with the Shia-Sunni-conflict BEFORE the Iraq-war? DetlefK Nov 2015 #3

ISIS wasn't able to kidnap, rape, torture, behead, disembowel, etc. etc. etc. polly7 Nov 2015 #4

Easy answer. DetlefK Nov 2015 #5

That was no answer at all. polly7 Nov 2015 #6