The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
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Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.
The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.
There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts.
Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.
To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.
Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.
The country of Iraq is somewhat of an artificial creation going back to colonial days. And so you have the Kurds and then the Sunnis in the north predominantly and Shias in the south.
Indeed, by refusing to tackle Assad's brutality, we may actively alienate more of the Sunni population, driving them towards ISIS.
Everybody wants to talk about sectarian conflicts of the war in Iraq, but the fact of the matter is, Sunnis have lived with Shias in harmony more in the confines of Iraq, in that land, than they have been in conflict. That's an historical fact.