I would perhaps argue that it has a whole lot to do with Sykes-Picot still too. While obviously the Iraq war is massively significant in terms of specific recen

I would perhaps argue that it has a whole lot to do with Sykes-Picot still too. While obviously the Iraq war is massively significant in terms of specific recent events, it is possible that we are biased to overestimate the effect our generations have on the overall trajectory of the region. Even if you want place blame more firmly in modern time it is perhaps more useful to attribute much of it to neo-conservative foreign policy as a whole rather than "the Iraq war" which is only one negative outcome of the former.