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To: energyplay who wrote (8260)8/14/2006 5:14:59 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Respond to of 217745
 
"Iraqi" doesn't mean a whole lot. Many people in the area have an ethnic/sectarian identity first (Kurds, Marsh Arabs, Shia) then family, clan or tribe which was often almost equal to the "national" identity as Iragi.

You just described about 90% of the entire Middle East, since most of those countries were artificially carved out of the former Ottoman Empire.

Hawk



To: energyplay who wrote (8260)8/14/2006 5:24:40 PM
From: Gib Bogle  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217745
 
"Unfortuantely the US has been dragged into nation building."

Yes, I well recall how reluctant the US was to get involved in Iraq. The White Man's burden, I guess.


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