Separation is inevitable.

"I write this post with great foreboding and sadness. But realities on the ground must be acknowledged and with each passing day it is becoming clearer to me that there is no alternative left but to separate the Shia south from the rest of the country. And I do mean in the fullest sense, and not as a separate federal state which is also part of the rest of Iraq. The situation has developed too far for any other solution to be possible. The Shia politicians want this, the people of the south seam to have been convinced of this, and the rest of Iraq cannot accept the rule of the Mullahs so they will also see no alternative but to accept this.. Of course, this will come as music to the ears of the Iranians, but to be honest they have played a good strategic game and have outflanked everyone,. Let no one say Iranians are stupid."
Iraq Rising