Why preserve a unified Iraq? [View All]

Every time I hear about the three major geographic and ethnic groups in Iraq, I wonder...since Iraq as we know it today was an artificial construct imposed upon the area by a conquering army in the early 20th century, why not allow Iraqis to divide the area into a federation of states (somewhere between the US and the EU in nature)...

Has there been any talk along these lines in the media or policy circles that anyone knows of? Of course, this all depends on whether Iraqis will be allowed to run their country any time in the near future....but...If they are, they should be able to start from absolute scratch, if you ask me.

Of course, I also think, that modern, civilized nations should be able to let go provinces or states or areas that vote for freedom...the nation state should be very fluid with issues handled more like Quebec than Kashmir....I just want to line up world leaders and yell at them to be grown-ups about it! But that's sorta off topic.

Susan