"“Despite arguments by those in favor of partition, “Iraq has no tradition of
being compartmentalized into neat, sectarian entities,” except for a relatively
brief period between 1880 and World War I. “For long periods before the 1880s,
the Ottoman Empire governed these lands as one,” he said. “It is untrue that the
three Ottoman provinces that became Iraq in 1921 were characterized by clear
sectarian identities.”"
I like Joe Biden, but his idea of cutting up Iraq sounds like the solution that parents would use for children who are having problems sharing a room. It doesn't work for children and it works even less for Iraq. Iraq has no history of being divided in the way that Biden speaks and more importantly it has no desire to be divided. Biden has said that we could force such a division on them, but that would be a flash back to the worst of the imperial moves taken by Britain and other countries after World War I in Eastern Europe and later in Africa. It would breed hatred for America that we were forcing our ideas on them, and it would be disastrous.
The article is very good if you want to know more, click on the link.
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