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Originally Posted by _Opi_
Helped in a significant way. This is essentially my point. If you are saying that the government knew the shiite/sunnis were not living peacefully side by side, then they should have been able to foresee this civil war ---or the possibility of a major conflict?
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If that is your point, then say that. Don't say that the "fighting" between Sunnis and Shi'ias is a situation we "created" if what you mean is we helped, significantly or otherwise, create the environment in which already existing tensions could grow into fighting.
That's all I'm saying.