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Old 08-10-2014, 12:41 AM
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Ice, I have some questions and comments.

It is my understanding that under Saddam, the Sunni's were mostly secular. ISIS is now ultra Islamic hell bent on establishing a caliphate, Sharia law and so on. In other words, probably even more extreme than what the Taliban wanted to or did in Afghanistan. How is this possible unless the moderate Sunni's are afraid of the ISIS militants? Would they want to live in such an environment? Look what happened in Egypt.

If Sunnis want to segregate themselves, Kurds have already done so, why not let Iraq split into three countries. Whose interest is it anyway to keep Iraq a single unified country? After being ruled by Saddam & the Sunnis by force, why would the Shia's be open to share power with the Sunni's?

If ISIS forms a state, a rogue state in the Middle East, they would well positioned to export terrorism due to access to oil wealth. This alone is scary unless we decide to bomb their oil fields if they gain control. I believe that their oil will find it's way to the market keeping their coffers filled.
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