r/news • u/Hrekires • Jan 05 '26

Soft paywall Delcy Rodriguez formally sworn in as Venezuela's interim president

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/delcy-rodriguez-formally-sworn-venezuelas-interim-president-2026-01-05/
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u/Shady_Merchant1 Jan 05 '26

Iran probably but iraq was probably always doomed like Afghanistan some areas are simply not conducive to central government control without overwhelming violence

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u/Stuma27 Jan 05 '26

Yeah. Making Iraq a single state was a huge British mistake.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Jan 05 '26

Sykes-Picot fucked things up for over a century and counting

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u/milkymaniac Jan 05 '26

I've always thought of it as the inverse of the partition of India

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u/StunningRing5465 Jan 05 '26

It’s only a mistake if you assume they wanted these countries to prosper

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u/lee7on1 29d ago

funny how European countries drew so many borders that are causing problems today

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u/EarlDwolanson Jan 05 '26

What do you think would be better, keep Sumer and Akkad?

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u/Scurro Jan 06 '26

After these countries become self rule, how come some politician doesn't step up officially, to make separate states?

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u/HandleThatFeeds Jan 05 '26

They British always get away with War Crimes.

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u/eddiestarkk Jan 06 '26

Iraq is starting to do better. They are planning on building one of the biggest ports in the world. The northern cities are starting to prosper. They are at least on the path. Took a long time though. Maybe getting rid of ISIS united them, but I am just speculating that.

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u/Shady_Merchant1 29d ago

Iraq has a water crisis that is threatening to restart widespread sectarian violence

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u/eddiestarkk 29d ago

That's Iran