Aka a cluster fuch. Arab nationalism vs Kurdish nationalism vs Persian nationalism vs Turkish nationalism. And I’m only talking within Iraq.
We are at a disadvantage from the git-go, since Americans just don’t generally understand conflicts that have been ongoing for many hundreds of years.
Post #6 was meant in reply to post #2.
Kurds are Iranis — and there are no Persians in IRaq.
The Kurds don’t behead anyone .That’s who I would support!
I think you've hinted at it but it's probably even more about tribalism than nationalism. So increase the number of factions by a power of ten.
Iraq should not exist. It and Saudi Arabia are made up nations from their origin, the never ending “gift” of western intervention into the Mideast.