(06-15-2019, 09:49 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: Isn't the Iraqi government mostly Shia now?  We've been in Iraq for 16 years.  In that time we radicalized the Sunnis, isolated the Kurds and allowed the Shias to assume power.
So let's meddle with Iran.  The last time we did that (1953) we switched them from a western-style Democracy to a tyrannical theocracy.  
As for turning Iraq into a westernized country, decades ago they had universities, modern hospitals and access to Uncle Sam's finest poison gasses.  That's first world action.

We didn't do any of that. Iraq has always been corrupt and divided. And there are still Universities, Modern Hospitals, etc. There are also some regions that are very westernized. I've been to some pretty good clubs in the North. The United States made the mistake of thinking rival sects would come together for the betterment of their people. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink! FYI, those chemical compounds you speak of came from the other side of the pound. In any case, this is about Iran, the tankers, and the Strait.

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