Posted by
vonryansexpress on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 5:25:20 PM
Where now goes Iraq?
Following W.W.II, the French desire to reestablish control over indo-china met with little cooperation from those that had fought against the Japanese occupiers.
There are no similarities between anti-colonial communists and sectarian Shia and Sunni ensembles; however, it is possible that the Iraqis will demurer at any Iranian attempts to proxy the fledgling democracy into chaos.
The Iraqis may just decide to be Iraqis first and Sunni, Shia thereafter. Nationalism is a strong draw to those that have rejected foreign influence previously.
After all, Iran kept the Iran/Iraq war going long after it had ended in attrition. The "war between the cities" was more the Mullahs prayer than Saddam's call to the carpet.
We shall watch the accretion and avulsion on the Shatt al Arab and 'hope' that the thalweg is found at some geo-political equilibrium called the center.