Mike,
Saw an interview with Kissinger where he said that he thought each of those three regions should be at least temporarily autonomous and form a central government later.
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The idea of "nations" was pretty much enforced on that region by western powers. We westerners keep saying "Saddam gassed his OWN people" but he doesn't think of them as "his own people". We do. The Western powers that be will try and hold to the Woodrow Wilson doctrine of permanent borders though.
There is no solution that makes everyone happy. Kurds want autonomy. Turkey wants an intact Iraq. Iran wants "West Iran". Arabs want no imperialism and anything that happens will be viewed as imperialistic regardless since there is no one solution that makes everyone happy. More than one Arab thinks there is a conspiracy between the Israel and the US to make another Israel. Wanna have some fun? Let's arm the Kurds and let them claim their independence. 1948 all over again?
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