Would any Dictator allow his people to take up arms and defend its country against any invading army? There are so many factions of people in Iraq, it would best be divided into seperate countries, with their own leaders....BUT...after the gulf war, when the US retreated, they gave the Kurds that they had just 'liberated' back to the Iraqi army...why? Because it is easier to invade one country in a state of inter-termoil, then raise a campaign to invade many countries @ once...and so the son comes back to finish the fight.