arwalden
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:02 PM
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Will Iraq Eventually Be Divided Into Two Or More Separate Countries? |
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:05 PM
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1. after a long and bloody civil war |
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Iraq will be governed by a Shia theocracy which will eventually become part of Iran
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:06 PM
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2. Good question and the answer is...: |
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Edited on Thu Mar-02-06 12:07 PM by kentuck
Probably. The Kurds would do it today if it were politically possible.
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:14 PM
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8. The Turks will never allow an independent Kurd Nation |
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:07 PM
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3. probably should have been originally. |
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takes a strongarm dictator to hold it together.
we should have divided it immediately into a loose confederation of 3 relatively independent states with a weak central government. then we should have pressed for equal rights and treatment of all ethnicities in all states, ie a bill of rights.
instead we raped and pillaged our way to the current horror show.
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:52 PM
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We tried the same thing in America with the Articles of Confederation. It didn't work very well, and a weak central government rarely works. This would just let the 3 states build up their own armies, which would ultimately make a civil war even more possible then it is today.
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:08 PM
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4. Before England meddled in the country we now know as |
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Iraq...
The three tribes had their own borders...they warred with each other constantly for hundreds of years.....
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:08 PM
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:08 PM
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6. Read the book, "Paris 1919". Talks about the arbitrary borders in the ME |
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Iraq is a pretend country created by the powers that be after WWI. The only thing holding that place together was a dictator...those groups HATE each other.
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:09 PM
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7. Iraq is a lot like the old Yugoslavia, a country in name only |
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Edited on Thu Mar-02-06 12:26 PM by DinahMoeHum
with the various factions held together only by a strong-arm monarch or a strong-arm politician like Tito or Saddam.
Once Tito left the scene, the various factions splintered and formed their own countries, ie. Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, etc.
Methinks it will be the same with Iraq, into 3 countries: 1) predominantly Sunni 2) predominantly Shiite 3) predominantly Kurd
:smoke:
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Thu Mar-02-06 12:14 PM
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9. now is the time to do it and let's get out |
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let's avoid any additional bloodshed. they despise each other....it is what it is and always has been.
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