Should Syria and Iraq be Balkanized?

[Dmitri95]

Originally Posted by itsjustmeagain

What about the Shia and Sunni muslims. Extermination

Herd them back to Saudi Arabia, where their ancestors slithered out of anyways to begin their brutal occupation of much of the Middle East.

[Makhno75]

Originally Posted by politicalPundit

They are not de-facto balkanized at all.

It's important to remind the choir here that the borders you see are French and British vulturing over the remains of the Ottoman Empire and were modified when they discovered oil in Mosul.

The borders are now merely a legal fiction. That's the point I was making.

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by censusdata

I have come to the conclusion that the best option in Syria and Iraq is to break them up into separate ethnically homogenous states. It is the only way to stop the unending war. Sunnis in Syria will never accept Assad but he is popular with Alawite Shia and Christians. They live in different parts of the country anyway. It would allow minorities in Iraq to protect themselves. The Iraqi army cut and run, leaving the Yazidis and Ba Christians to be massacred to ISIS.

Joe Biden said that about 8 years ago. Everyone laughed at him. Now it seems like a good idea.

[freightshaker]

Fighting has been non stop in the ME since the first two Muslims were born there. They like it!!!!! Stay out of their way and let them all kill one another and then go in and mop up the mess.