I only see one post by guest Diana; I don't know what she is talking about and doubt she does either. Several posts mention minorities.

Shias are dominant in central Iraq (For the political division called Iraq I took the figure 60% from a fairly trustworthy source, but others have it 55-45 or even closer), and in Iran, with outposts in central Afganistan and Yemen. Overall, however, they are a minority, Middle East money is on the side of the Sunnis. It is impossible to convert the Sunnis into an 'underclass' and the Shia into an 'uberclass,' this only promotes the strife with Iran supporting Shia and Syria, Arabia, Jordan, etc. supporting Sunni.

Pushing one group at the expense of another will always fail in the Middle East; 'country' boundaries such as Iraq's and Afganistan's are artificial and lack reality where there are strong divisions based on religious divisions.

Talk about majority, democratic rule in the western sense is nonsense in the Middle East and is laughable for Iraq with its three groups. Only the gun will enforce rule.

Turkey is poised to invade Kurdish Iraq once the U. S. leaves; they know that a 'Kurdistan' would keep the militants among the Kurds in Turkey active and working to join their brother Kurdish Sunnis.