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Originally posted by Spanky
Obviously, this is not scientific, but I have traveled a great deal in the middle east and many of my business partners are middle eastern, and I would say nationalism runs deeper. During the Iran-Iraq war Khomeini tried to get the Shia in southern Iraq to arise but they did not. It seems that you have an affinity for people that speak the same language as you as opposed to people of the same faith. I have know Arabs of many faiths and they all hang out together. I have also know many persians of different faiths and they all hang out together. You don't see Arabs and Persians hanging out much. Therefore I don't see Shia Iraq breaking off and joining Persia.
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I think the increasing successes of Radical Islam, however, change the equation, and lead to the possibility of some form of very close alliance between Iran and either all of Iraq or just the Shi'a portion.
