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Gertrude Bell in 1921, chose and groomed a sunni to be the new king of the new nation of Iraq.
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For being a person who decides who is out of touch, learn your history. Gertrude Bell did not choose King Faisal, the British Government gave him the kingdom because the Saudi Family established too much control over the Arabian Peninsula. Faisal, who lead the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks with the support of the British through Lawrence (of Arabia), was promised the Kingship over the Arabs. After the Arab provinces were divided up, the British government could either give him Arabia, or Iraq (as Muhammad Ali's successor Fuad held rights over Egypt). The Saudi house and Faisal hated each other, and the Saudi control over Mecca and Medina assured he could not rule Arabia. THAT is why Faisal was chosen to rule Iraq.
And the bring-back-Saddam speech is foolhearty. The same people who declare that Saddam was good because he kept everyone from fighting are the same people who would be up in arms if the new government asserted itself against the various militias.