I samotné založení Iráku se tudíž opíralo o spravedlnost vítězů: jakmile britské impérium porazilo Osmany, nechalo vládnout sunnitské Araby v zemi, kde představovali menšinu.
Indeed, the very foundation of Iraq was based on victors’ justice: the British Empire, having vanquished the Ottomans, made the Sunni Arabs overlords in a country in which they were a minority.