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Grandfather Emeritus *Leslie Gelb of the CFR forwarded his *3 State Solution some years back.
Gelb was on Charlie Rose...and a few weeks later...Kissinger [CFR] shows up and mentions that Iraq is to important to U.S. Geostrategics to be allowed to become a Theocracy or a terror state which could attack Israel.
Kissinger then said that Iraq might have to be broken up into 3 States.

Sometimes...when I consider Gelb or Kissingers coment,...I'm wondering if both forsee trouble....as the backing camps of Sunni/Shia would allow Iraq to slide away into chaos to keep to their Religious imperative undefiled...or something Insane like that.

How does the U.S. satisfy these malcontents who brood endlessly?

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"Sometimes...when I consider Gelb or Kissingers coment,...I'm wondering if both forsee trouble....as the backing camps of Sunni/Shia would allow Iraq to slide away into chaos to keep to their Religious imperative undefiled...or something Insane like that."

It takes no great foresight to see possible disaster in Iraq. I hope the current Iraqi government succeeds...but if they don't, the fact is that creating a Kurdish state would rescue a fine group of people and serve our interests.

Realistically, I don't imagine US policymakers being bold enough to make such a move. In the event of an "Iraqi slide" into a pro-Iranian state, I suspect the US will remain on the sidelines.