It has been very interesting to observe how many who fervently believe that the US should stay out of Iraq also believe that Iraq should be split up into three countries and sometimes justify this by saying 'Like Joe Biden said, Iraq has to be split up into three countries'.
Putting aside the incongruity of proponents of non-intervention advocating that Iraq should be split up, did Joe Biden really propose that Iraq should be split up?
Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq
By JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. and LESLIE H. GELB
Published: May 1, 2006
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The idea ... is to maintain a united Iraq by decentralizing it, giving each ethno-religious group — Kurd, Sunni Arab and Shiite Arab — room to run its own affairs, while leaving the central government in charge of common interests.
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... establish three largely autonomous regions with a viable central government in Baghdad. The Kurdish, Sunni and Shiite regions would each be responsible for their own domestic laws, administration and internal security. The central government would control border defense, foreign affairs and oil revenues. Baghdad would become a federal zone, while densely populated areas of mixed populations would receive both multisectarian and international police protection.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
It's seems he didn't.