quite interesting analysis of an incredibly complicated dynamic. tribal politics combined with religious animosities yield a predictably unstable reality across the entire region. but the likely most unstable "tectonic plates" on the globe are those you have cataloged here.

i'm a texas boy, and live one congressional district north of lufkin, home of charlie wilson. i suspect the world would be a measurably safer place had he been placed in complete control of our dealings in the region....

i'm reminded of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-evIyrrjTTY

"it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
lewis carroll, Alice in Wonderland