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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame
Yep lots of things in history have caused big trouble. Do the Kurds deserve freedom -- YEP. Do they deserve their own country -- YEP.
Will it upset the Turks and Iranians -- Who freakin cares.
Like IRAQ divided in three is a bad thing -- Personally I think it's the ideal solution -- I'd implement it right away.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The problems arise when you start discussing where the partitions would take place. Kurdish areas in the north and Shi'ite in the south have large oil wealth. The middle, largely Sunni, doesn't have near the amount of resource wealth that the other two areas have, which would lend itself to poverty and the ills that come with it.
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These are my thoughts pretty much exactly. But I was wondering if a peace agreement could be set up in the formation of these new nations that would incorporate some kind of revenue crutch for the Sunnis in the middle. Surely the Kurds and the Shi'ites would think that paying off the Sunnis for a lasting peace would be worth it in order for stability, greater influence and their own country- no?
But I'm betting that religion and hatred are elements that come into play here as well preventing such an opportunity.