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It's astounding the degree to which these communities are intermarried. Iraq is a crazy quilt of ethnicities and religious sects.

Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate.

It's what the Iraqi people are going through right now. They have encountered a victorious, hostile force-but, you know, there they still are. There their culture is, there their history is, they're not going anywhere.

The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a wider threat to the stability of the Middle East and the West than many realise.

Indeed, by refusing to tackle Assad's brutality, we may actively alienate more of the Sunni population, driving them towards ISIS.

The devastation of the ancient Christian community in Iraq is well known.

The proximate cause of Iraq's unraveling was the increasing authoritarian, sectarian, and corrupt conduct of the Iraqi government and its leader after the departure of the last U.S. combat forces in 2011.

Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

We are tangled in a very significant Islamic insurgency in Iraq.

The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism.