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a) Shia Arab’s use of the state to abuse Sunni Arab Iraqis
b) Sunni Arab Iraqi’s sense of entitlement to rule over Shias
b) Sunni Arab Iraqi’s sense of entitlement to rule over Shias
a) Shia Arab’s use of the state to abuse Sunni Arab Iraqis
b) Sunni Arab Iraqi’s sense of entitlement to rule over Shias
The actual culprit is not mentioned. The United States.
The US empowered ethnic and secretarian elements in Iraq despite advice not to do so.
Saddam switch to religious rhetoric during the return to faith campaignEhh... Well both have their share. But the problem is, when the Sunni's had power with the Secular Ba'ath Party they weren't doing it because of religion mostly. It was mostly Secular Nationalists versus Conservative (and sometimes pro-Iranian) population.
Saddam switch to religious rhetoric during the return to faith campaign
It did lead to radicalization of many members of the baath party.A pathetic attempt by Saddam trying to get the Iraqi's behind him with religious rhetoric.
The US Government was obssessed with secretarian and ethnic classifications from the get go. And they supported leaders with such views. It needs a POD where the USG actively opposes such classifications.OK, US supports Iraqi Communist Party instead. Iraq evolves around non-sectarian lines? Was the Ayad Allawi experiment sectarian? What if the Americans stuck with him?
Time and again, he refers to "the formerly ruling Sunnis," "rank-and-file Sunnis," "the old Sunni regime," "responsible Sunnis." This obsession with sects informed the U.S. approach to Iraq from day one of the occupation, but it was not how Iraqis saw themselves -- at least, not until very recently. Iraqis were not primarily Sunnis or Shiites; they were Iraqis first, and their sectarian identities did not become politicized until the Americans occupied their country, treating Sunnis as the bad guys and Shiites as the good guys. There were no blocs of "Sunni Iraqis" or "Shiite Iraqis" before the war, just like there was no "Sunni Triangle" or "Shiite South" until the Americans imposed ethnic and sectarian identities onto Iraq's regions.
DO NOT post obvious current/ongoing political issues anywhere except Chat.a) Shia Arab’s use of the state to abuse Sunni Arab Iraqis
b) Sunni Arab Iraqi’s sense of entitlement to rule over Shias