Iraq PM says he will quit after cleric's call but violence rages on

As awful as Saddam Hussein was, he stood as a buffer between Iraq and the other Gulf states. Iraq is the ONLY Arab nation that borders on Iran. That fact is not lost on the other Arab nations; it's why they (with the sole exception of Syria) backed Iraq in its war with Iran in the 1980s. When U.S./Coalition forces took down Saddam in 2003, it created a power vacuum that Iran was quick and eager to exploit. That's exactly what other Arab nations feared.

But while Shi'ites make up more than half of Iraq's population, they are Arab--not Persian. And most do not want to live under an autocratic theocracy such as Iran. Most of them do not want Iraq to be Iran's vassal state. They have been chafing under the harsh rule of the Iranian-backed mullahs and their Shi'ite militias. Who can blame them?

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These two Islamic groups being at each others throats for centuries is a major cause of violence in Iraq.

These two Islamic groups being at each others throats for centuries is a major cause of violence in Iraq.

Iraq was peaceful, with a lot of cafes before the US walked in and destroyed the country based on lies because little bush wanted to finish daddy's job.

The Shiites and Sunnis weren't at each other's throats then. How do you explain that?

Yeah, I knew I wouldn't get a response to that.

Iraq was peaceful, with a lot of cafes before the US walked in and destroyed the country based on lies because little bush wanted to finish daddy's job.

The Shiites and Sunnis weren't at each other's throats then. How do you explain that?

Yeah, I knew I wouldn't get a response to that.

So sorry for the late response, I had a few things to take care of.

The U.S. didn't destroy the country, once the Sunni dictator was overthrown, the Shiites and the Sunnis resumed their war. Reminds me of Star Trek's Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" episode where the guy with his face white on the right side and black on the left side ends up continuing his bitter fight with the guy with his face black on the right side and white on the left side on their home planet where they are the only two left alive as everyone else had killed each other.