01-19-2020, 07:11 PM
(01-18-2020, 11:42 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: The confessional form of government has worked fairly
well in both Iraq and Lebanon, because it's prevented the kind of
massive violence that's been occurring in Iran and Syria.
I wouldn't say this: sectarian issues were responsible for the rise of the Islamic State, which was nothing if not violent. Iraq just happened to be able to con the US into taking care of that issue for them.