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To: tejek who wrote (206080)	10/11/2004 3:42:27 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574505

Look, your whole point was that Iraqis have no sense of nationalism because the Brits drew up the borders in the 1920's. Virtually the same thing was done throughout the Middle East. I think you will find a strong sense of nationalism in each Middle Eastern country, including Iraq. Your other point, that there are three main groups (Arab Sunni and Arab Shia in term of religion, and Kurds in term of ethnicity) also doesn't preclude nationalism in Iraq. Malaysia has three very uniques ethnic groups (Malay, Chinese and Indians) and appears to have a normal sense of nationalism. All the returning Iraqis that fought for a long time to get rid of Saddam indicates strong nationalism - otherwise they would just forget Iraq and live in London or Jordan or wherever they ran away to. Probably 100% of Iraqis today have been "Iraqis" all there lives, and that naturally produces a sense of national identity. And Iraqi Shia have made zero allusions to joining Iran - where do you get this from? You think they are going to take their newfound potential freedoms and give them away immediately - no chance! Especially to a country that many of them fought an 8 year war against less than 2 decades ago.