Like a bad penny that keeps turning up, partitioning Iraq into three ethnic mini-states in order to save it is back in the news.
The latest slugfest over this truly lousy idea has been aired out this week at TMV, and I review that in a lengthy post at Kiko’s House. But I also add some pertinent background – as in the fact Iraq’s borders today are a result of an insidious secret deal between the British and French – and review a fascinating flight of fancy by Ralph Peters in which he takes ethnic and sectarian partitioning to its logical end for the entire Middle East.
Fasten your seat belts and click here.