ISIS on the offensive in Iraq

[HoreTore]

Yep, right under your feet is an example. In 1814, Sweden waged a war against Norway. In 1905 they threatened to do so again (but didn't). They aren't doing any of that stuff any more. The split-up of the country was most successful.

And if our politicians had any brains back then, we would have continued in the Union and refer to ourselves as Swewegians today. And there would have been much rejoicing.

Anyway, Viking, you are comparing apples to oranges. Sweden-Norway was not one country, but a union of two. We're talking about splitting countries, not unions with well-defined borders between countries.

The general point is that I can't see why splitting up Iraq will result in peace&prosperity&unicorns rather than brutal wars of dominance and border drawing. Ie. Yugoslavia.