All of the following prevented a smooth transition for Iraq and a quick withdrawal for the United States except
A) the Iraqis themselves did not know what kind of a country they wanted.
B) the three main ethnic and religious groups possessed no sense of nationhood and each held a differing vision of Iraq's future.
C) the Iraqis were still smarting over the seizure of Saddam Hussein and could not decide his fate.
D) civil war erupted between the three major ethnic groups that was aided by insurgents from Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
E) no group in Iraq except the UN supported a secular democracy.
C
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