Iraq: Out of the desert into Mosul (closed)

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Hence my comment that:





Actually - you do, mostly among the religious right (Evangelicials, dominonists, etc).

But neither Christianity or Islam explain conflict in international and regional systems, nor the consequences of failure in projects of state formation. Not one word written in either religious script would have provided any predictability for the fall-out of the destruction of Iraq.

See AP again you do not get it---yes one might even argue as some on the Left here in Europe do argue--a Christian fundamentalist is just as dangerous as a jihadi.

Give it some thought and you will find yourself agreeing--all fundamentalism is deadly regardless from right or left.

But here we are talking about Islam and how it has evolved in the ME especially the two strains Sunni and Shia.

You do realize that there is a deep political and governmental system inside Islam right AP?--- and there have been deep internal Sunni debate on how governmental functions should be in Islam---the problem has been there seems to be always a dictator standing in the way or say the Muslim Brotherhood felt they could shift a basically secular Islamic country ie Egypt to an Islamic State without asking the population.

That is the core problem right now in Iraq---the Sunni have a governing vision and the Shia historically have not had that strong a view on governing and we the US allowed a Shia dictator to emerge---so why did we invade to eliminate Saddam when we got Malaki in exchange?.

That was until Khomeini filled the Shia governing void with what can be called a ruling Shia theocracy and that my friend you will not/do not find in the Shia historical thoughts on governing. Actually if you read deeper in the net you will find that is the real reason al Sadr left Iran and why he and Sistani are often of the same views on how to govern a multi Islam state.

Really go back and Google the Green Crescent concept and you will understand exactly why there is a regional hegemony fight going on between Iran the "Protector" of Shiaism and the KSA the "Protector" of the global Sunni community.