Brilliantly, sadly observed

[ish mailian]

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> What US policies in particular led to the creation of ISIS?  1)we ok’d the
> idea of seizing land through war by provoking and helping the Iraqi war on
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We ok'd it?  How about the fact that the two nations were generally hostile
toward one another for a long time. How about Islam? The Bath party was
rightfully fearful that Khomeini would stir up rebellion in southern
Iraq. How about territorial disputes, especially the conflict over
the Shatt al-'Arab River.

The dispute over the Shatt Al-Arab waterway threatens once more to derail
the peace talks between Iraq and Iran, and could ultimately end the truce
between the two countries. However, as this historical account shows, the
controversy involving this shallow, 127-mile-long strategic waterway has
been the subject of treaties signed in 1843, 1937, and 1975, and continues
to loom as an intractable problem.

http://www.wrmea.org/1989-april/the-shatt-al-arab-obstacle-to-iran-iraq-peace.html
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