I think it makes alot more sense for Iraq to be split up. Regardless of the sentiments of the majorities of each ethnic group, the only way to control the extremists on all sides at this point is going to be a very heavy-handed centralized government.

But if you split it three ways, much less tyranny would be necessary.

You can spend all day coming up with possible problems caused by a paritioned Iraq, but what is the alternative?

It seems to me that by trying to hold Iraq together, we are merely uniting the extremists in all camps to oust the central government, who will then turn on eachother in a civil war which will result in partition. In other words, we are probably only delaying the inevitable and causing alot more bloodshed for them and embarrassment for us.

I don't know if we are capable of creating a strong enough central government to get a hold on things.

DA