Dissolving Iraq
The steady implosion of Iraq as a unitary state has been eclipsed – by historic upheavals across the Arab world; by the pitiless conflict in Syria; and by the growing fears of failure in Afghanistan, a collision with Iran, and the death of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is, as these rival […]The steady implosion of Iraq as a unitary state has been eclipsed – by historic upheavals across the Arab world; by the pitiless conflict in Syria; and by the growing fears of failure in Afghanistan, a collision with Iran, and the death of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This is, as these rival calls on diplomatic ingenuity suggest, wholly understandable. It is still a big mistake.
