"As If It Weren't Hard Enough Keeping the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds Together
By Hakan Ozoglu
Hakan Ozoglu is Ayasli Senior Lecturer in Turkish Studies, University of Chicago.
Despite the increasing frequency of suicide bombings and the general escalation of violence in Iraq, the administration and hopeful people everywhere are still optimistic that Iraq is heading towards becoming a democratic society. One reason offered in support of this hope is the relative stability and democratic traditions of the large Kurdish minority in northern Iraq, a strong U.S. ally since before the start of the war.
This optimism, however, is ill founded."
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