| Let's not forget that Iraq is an artificial state created by us Brits in 1932 out of the three regions of Baghdad, Basra & Mosul. Its ethnically divided, (Arabs & Kurds), its religiously divided, (Sunni & Shia), and since 1958 it's been governed by various repressive military dictatorships - it has never known "democracy", in fact what state in the middle east has, apart from Israel?
The southern Shia have always felt close to Iran due to their shared Shia religion and the fact that the Sunni have always held power in Iraq. It concerns me greatly that our brave service personnel are fighting & dying there for what is in my opinion a futile war. It never was "a war on terror", before the invasion Al Queda had no presence there, Saddam made sure of that. In my view it was all about one thing, OIL. |