Prof. Cole - I rely on this blog as the most credible source of Middle East analysis and thank you for providing the service. I'm very curious to hear your opinions not only on how this latest mess will play out, but on how you wish it would play out. It seems to me - with the caveat that I have no idea what I'm talking about - that Iraq as a country is a flawed idea. Wouldn't everyone be better off if it were broken into Shia, Sunni and Kurd nations? I assume that's either over-simplistic or somehow not in Halliburton's best interest but ... please enlighten us. How practical would it be to do that, who would interfere with it being done, and why?
Prof. Cole - I rely on this blog as the most credible source of Middle East analysis and thank you for providing the service. I'm very curious to hear your opinions not only on how this latest mess will play out, but on how you wish it would play out. It seems to me - with the caveat that I have no idea what I'm talking about - that Iraq as a country is a flawed idea. Wouldn't everyone be better off if it were broken into Shia, Sunni and Kurd nations? I assume that's either over-simplistic or somehow not in Halliburton's best interest but ... please enlighten us. How practical would it be to do that, who would interfere with it being done, and why?