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Originally Posted by Haak
One could perhaps say that Americas support for the Shi'ite fraction has led certain Shi'ite fractions to believe that they can now do whatever the hell they want, but that's an indirect cause. In reality this has little to do with the Sunni-Shi'ite conflict. Whilst you can put some of the blame on the US for allowing these dicks to flourish, most the blame still falls on the extremists themselves. Note that even Sadr condemned the stonings.
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They are dicks that no one should defend, of course. But had Saddam been toppled by the recent Arab Spring instead of military coercion, there would've been much less damage done. No a decade-long armed turbulence under foreign occupation which devastated the economy and fertilizing hatred on everything that can be considered enemy. Life hardships and poverty have always been the main enabler of crazy ideas to spread among the people.