Summary
Some have argued that in the event of American failure to bring stability and democracy to Iraq and therefore transform the region as a whole into the image of the US, an alternative strategy is to let Iraqis fight Iraqis, Arabs fight the Iranians, Shi'ites fight the Sunnis and Palestinians kill Palestinians to contain and neutralise each other.
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Divide and Rule?
AMERICAN POLICY IN IRAQ HAS SUBSTANTIALLY contributed to deepening and widening sectarian divisions in the region. This is an unintended consequence, but now it has materialised, it may be welcome to some neo-conservatives and their allies in President George Bush's administration as compensation for Washington's failures on other fronts.
It is not just Iraq that is in the grip of bloody sectarian disorder, with no hopeful signs in sight. The Gulf, and...See the full content of this document
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