So, Just How Bad Is It in Iraq? as per Christian Science Monitor

:hihi: No it doesn't. Just a few decades ago there was very serious talk of pan-Arabism. Egypt and Syria actually even went so far as to join together for a time and after a fashion (the UAR). Saddam Huessin and his Baath party is a product of that philosophy.

The idea that they're hopelessly divided along religious lines is absurd and an unfortunate product of extremist elements like wahhabism.

Will you listen to yourself?

Egypt and Syria attempted to join together as the UAR.

How did that turn out I wonder?

Did it last?