[rodguy911]

I thought the idea was for the entire country to unite, it may not happen tomorrows, but I really don’t see how partitioning off the country helps unite Iraqis.
It looks like more of a L/W get out of Iraq at any cost solution to me.

[MNJohnnie]

A Federal structure for Iraq could work IF the central Govt is powerful enough to maintain order and Iraq’s sovereignty. Problem is what the “Partition Iraq” crowd wants is not to “fix Iraq” but figure an easy way to run away from Iraq.

How they figure making 3 completely unviable state-lets in place of the current Iraq would be “better” for the USA is simply incomprehensible.

[BusterBear]

I really don’t see how partitioning off the country helps unite Iraqis. It looks like more of a L/W get out of Iraq at any cost solution to me.

Absolutely, it's a lot more complicated than just Sunnis vs. Shias. You have fighting WITHIN Shias and Sunnis, plus al Qaeda stirring up trouble wherever they can, plus interference from Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. And what is to prevent the partitioned areas from going to war with each other, over resources and egged on by foreign interlopers? Partition is just an over-simplified "solution" that might sound good to lame-brains like Biden but it doesn't correspond to the reality.