Iraqis, Arabs, and a Norwegian all hate the Biden plan
Yesterday, Passport noted the scathing criticism by Iraq expert Toby Dodge about the Biden "plan" for partitioning Iraq, which passed the Senate yesterday in symbolic form. Marc Lynch piled on, and so did Juan Cole. But the harshest rebuke comes from Reidar Vissar, a Norwegian scholar who has studied Iraq extensively: [I]f his partition plans ...
Yesterday, Passport noted the scathing criticism by Iraq expert Toby Dodge about the Biden "plan" for partitioning Iraq, which passed the Senate yesterday in symbolic form. Marc Lynch piled on, and so did Juan Cole. But the harshest rebuke comes from Reidar Vissar, a Norwegian scholar who has studied Iraq extensively:
Yesterday, Passport noted the scathing criticism by Iraq expert Toby Dodge about the Biden "plan" for partitioning Iraq, which passed the Senate yesterday in symbolic form. Marc Lynch piled on, and so did Juan Cole. But the harshest rebuke comes from Reidar Vissar, a Norwegian scholar who has studied Iraq extensively:
[I]f his partition plans were implemented, Joe Biden would be remembered by Muslims and Arabs around the world in an altogether different way. He would be considered alongside other historical personalities who routinely are being accused by Middle Easterners for having destroyed their region completely: Arthur Balfour, Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot.
Oh, and by the way: Iraqis and the Arab League blasted the Senate bill, too.
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