I most reluctantly must say Joe Biden was right. Iraq is an artificial nation with boundaries drawn up mostly by British and some American influence many years ago. The boundaries had nothing to do with ethnics and religions by region. These artificial boundaries insured a totally unstable nation.
Iraq should have been three nation states which would have been Sunni, Shiite and Kurd.
The British knew exactly what they were doing, and Iraq as comprised, with a Hashemite king, served their interests as of 1921.
I remember watching him on Jim Lehrer and saying this. I don’t know if that would have kept the peace or not. The Kurds seem to be the ones everyone wants to get. Turkey, Saddam, etc...
Maybe this independence movement can take hold. Some in Congress support it.
In reality Iran has taken over Iraq and dominates it’s politics. An obama/clinton failure now coming home to roost. This joint exercise comes as no surprise.
“Iraq should have been three nation states which would have been Sunni, Shiite and Kurd.”
Yep. Those of us that were mobilized for Gulf War I, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm said this from the git-go!
If Iraq was divided along tribal lines, things would settle down. Of course, they’d still fight among themselves, but WE wouldn’t need to waste American Blood & Treasure on these goat herders.
And that was TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO.
Nobody ever listens to me!