End of Iraqi War?

[Traitorfish]

Someday, freedom will die everywhere.

And now we know why you have such vehement faith in God- you have none in your fellow man.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Who gives a damn. They're certainly not appreciating our troops being there shuffling there soil. Would you like if solders came in guns a blazing then occupy your house?

Actually from what I have heard the average Aladdin isn't very happy with the withdrawal. While they don't like the troops and want them to leave, they don't want them to leave already. The "Tagesschau" (public and most watched German TV news) reported so at least.

 

[Ayatollah So]

Let's not forget the continuing persecution of what used to be the major political party in Iraq. So you really can't claim the puppet government is "democratic" in any sense of the word.

It's not just the Baath party that's excluded. It's also people who used to be Baath party members but quit during Saddam's reign, damaging their careers at the time, and recently tried to run against al-Maliki's party. al-Maliki & friends stacked the deck for the election by excluding all the opponents they could find half a fig-leaf for excluding, and still lost the election. And still, having lost the election, are trying to prevent the winning party from forming a government.

No democracy, but yes stability. al-Maliki may be PM for life, or at least will achieve effective one-party Shiite religious rule for quite a while to come.

Iraq forecast: partly Sunni, yet reigning Shiite.

 

[bathsheba666]

Seems like a very expensively created sandpit for Al Qaeda.

Now, whoever would have guessed that could happen ?