Should iraq be split up?

[Aeroflot]

Originally Posted by Ma Duce

Mosul would be shi'ite.
Baghdad would be sunni.
Kirkuk would be kurdish.

That is, if you go by what is in Kurdistan, the Sunni triangle, and what is everywhere else. The problem is Kurdistan also extends into Turkey, an important regional ally. If we were to creat a Kurdistan in Iraq, violence in Turkish Kurdistan might ensue, as they make their bid for independence as well.

What the country needs is something to be able to band together about. As odd as it may seem, the best hope we have for creating a stable Iraq is if Iran invades.

I don't know about that. =\ Iran is predominantly Sunni. Your plan might backfire and the Iraqi Sunnis might ally with the Iranian Sunnis.

[Force Recon]

Majority of Muslims in Iran is shia.

[-DarthMaul-]

Yeah I think h meant Shi'ite in both. But I know that this plan of seperation will not work. Splitting up countries never works, and alot of Iraqies, although yes there is fighting, would rather remain united to be strong. Look at lebanon, it works perfectly fine with 3 different sects, of them 2 different religions. There just needs to be equal rights and equality in the government, no need for separation.

[Relander]

Perhaps it would be a good idea to separate Iraq into three different countries. Still, I don't think it will going to happen and not just because of the Iraqis but also because of Bush administration: Iraq has been and still is a very significant issue and separating Iraq into three would be a political defeat for the administration, showing how the situation is not in its control.

[Fire Legion]

Originally Posted by -DarthMaul-

There just needs to be equal rights and equality in the government, no need for separation.

I basically agree with you, although having said that, the way the government thinks won't change the hatred if the people and the discontent between sects.

[Biggus Dickus]

I think split it up would solve nothing. It would lead 3 communities to fight about 3 different territories. Which community deserves which part of the country? There would be always a community which would want a part that it didn't have.

Just look at the Palestine and Israel...

[Crazy Wolf]

Gee, splitting a nation up by ethnicity/religious groups has always worked in the past! I mean, look at how peaceful Southeast Europe has been! And the Indian Subcontinent! No conflicts there!

I think it is a bad idea to divide separate ethnicities/groups into sovereign nations, if you hadn't guessed by now.

[czech speacial forces]

if you split them up you would be able to better keep them from fighting. such as a person from onepart of the country cant go into another part as freely and thus causing them to not be able to fight as easily.
spliting up countrys does work as shown in yugoslavia. its was split up and currently pretty peaceful. croatia is enjoying its independence. there were some wars before but once the force trying to keep yugoslavia together was defeated the rest went pretty smoothly.
also kurds would finally have thier own country (big allies of the US). so kurds from turkey could move to iraq kurdistan.

[-DarthMaul-]

you DO know thaqt the spliting up of kurdistan by britain is what actually caused them NOT to have a country right? Theres another negative from splitting up right there.

[Relander]

Originally Posted by Crazy Wolf

I mean, look at how peaceful Southeast Europe has been!

Actually, if we talk about near past, the wars in the Balkans at early 1990's took place because there weren't separation of different ethnic & religious groups into different nations: Yugoslavia tried to keep its federation together, even if it would meant using the force of arms.