answer each of the following questions in at least one complete paragraph.

In which respect does Iraq have very shallow roots as a nation? Explain how this feature has constituted an obstacle to the country’s political and economic development?
How were Saddam Hussein and the men around him able to create and sustain such a powerful regime, especially after all the setbacks during the two decades before the 2003 war?

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According to Hinnebusch (2003), the shallow roots that Iraq possesses as a nation are issues related to its boundaries and which are artificial and that ethnicity are rife. Iraq’s boundaries were designed by the British and French colonies spheres of influence after the First World War just like its neighbours such as Syria, Turkey, and Iran. Those who are in the leadership can do the exploitation of the religion, ethnicity of their own advantage and tribe rather than working together..

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