Bullypulpit
Senior Member
...Of the 2007 <a href=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3865>"Failed States Index"</a>. Iraq went from fourth place last year to second place this year, ranking only better than Sudan in terms of instability, and that only by the thinnest of margins. This despite claims by the Bush administration of "progress" in Iraq.
And it is progress...of a sort, if you consider a headlong rush to the bottom progress. This decline in stability is attributed to an increase in four factors, first is the increase in sectarian violence over the last year. Next is the increase in the number of refugees fleeing Iraq, which has been steadily climbing, with most of the middle-class gone. Then there are the Iraqi security forces, compromised mostly of Shi'ites, many of them members of Shi'ite militias with an axe to grind with any Sunni unfortunate enough to fall into their hands. and finally, there is the US intervention, which has increased, thanks to the Bush administration's "surge" strategy, which from what I and many others have seen, is doing little more than getting more of our soldiers and innocent Iraqis killed. You can view the results in the link I posted above.
The only debate now is how ugly and violent the final break up Iraq will be. Thank you, President Bush
And it is progress...of a sort, if you consider a headlong rush to the bottom progress. This decline in stability is attributed to an increase in four factors, first is the increase in sectarian violence over the last year. Next is the increase in the number of refugees fleeing Iraq, which has been steadily climbing, with most of the middle-class gone. Then there are the Iraqi security forces, compromised mostly of Shi'ites, many of them members of Shi'ite militias with an axe to grind with any Sunni unfortunate enough to fall into their hands. and finally, there is the US intervention, which has increased, thanks to the Bush administration's "surge" strategy, which from what I and many others have seen, is doing little more than getting more of our soldiers and innocent Iraqis killed. You can view the results in the link I posted above.
The only debate now is how ugly and violent the final break up Iraq will be. Thank you, President Bush