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Originally posted by Spanky
True - but they have not been fighting at all. And the Pashtuns have accepted a government put together by the Northern Alliance.
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Why would they? If the central government essentially rules Kabul, what's the point of a civil war? There's no point in having a civil war unless you have an effective national government. If the tax man is collecting in the provinces, who cares who he's reporting back to?
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I think it was just Arab nationalisim. I think you are right below when you say Iraq was just an artificial construct put together by the British. Prior to that I don't believe anyone considered themselves an Iraqi.
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I'm not sure how many people consider themselves Iraqis now, as opposed to Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds. At least the latter allegiances seem to dominate.
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