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GP_Matt · 08-07-2014, 11:21 AM

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but another possibility is a stale mate that splits Iraq into three countries.
At some point the ISIS advance will be stopped by the Kurds to the west and the Iraqi government in the south and east. If an official peace were declared to fix the borders at that point you would be left with a Kurdish majority country, a Sunni majority with their country and a #####e majority in the remainder of Iraq.
The Sunni population would then be left to determine if they want to be ruled by the Islamic Caliphate that ISIS is proposing or if they want to fight ISIS to create a more liberal country.

I have heard that a number of the soldiers fighting for ISIS are fighting for a Sunni homeland and will turn on ISIS once that is achieved to ensure the homeland is not run as an extremist state.

08-07-2014, 11:21 AM	#227
GP_Matt First Line Centre Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Edmonton Exp:	I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but another possibility is a stale mate that splits Iraq into three countries. At some point the ISIS advance will be stopped by the Kurds to the west and the Iraqi government in the south and east. If an official peace were declared to fix the borders at that point you would be left with a Kurdish majority country, a Sunni majority with their country and a #####e majority in the remainder of Iraq. The Sunni population would then be left to determine if they want to be ruled by the Islamic Caliphate that ISIS is proposing or if they want to fight ISIS to create a more liberal country. I have heard that a number of the soldiers fighting for ISIS are fighting for a Sunni homeland and will turn on ISIS once that is achieved to ensure the homeland is not run as an extremist state.