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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Has that approach ever worked?
I can't seem to recall a postive example of a third party partitioning a country or people(s).
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Does Kosovo count? It was a referendum, but it was forced from NATO and the EU.
With Iraq, it's complicated too because the Kurds spill over into a few other countries and if they are given a homeland from Iraqi territory, Kurds in Turkey, Iran and Syria will want referendums as well. which would in all likelihood be a disaster. Istanbul is geographically and economically tied to Europe and has about 3 million Kurds.
The best you could try to do is create a "Switzerland" in the ME, but it's hard to envision such a thing working. The EU has recently tried a similar tactic in Bosnia and the jury is still out on whether or not it can work long term.