Updated!......Can you identify this country?

[dixiegrrrrl]

Last edited Wed Oct 9, 2013, 11:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Has a US backed government
increasing conflict by militants
has cities requiring reconstruction as a result of the devastation caused by the US war
has severe unemployment and too little pay for those who do work.

I wrote this OP after reading an article on ....Libya.
And realized how depressingly familiar the pattern is of invading and destabilizing countries in order to extract the wealth, whether it is oil, gas, minerals, etc.
So most of the answers are indeed correct, including, now, our own country.

A perfect example is this marvelous article on the Congo, which, if you changed its name, would fit all the countries the US has destabilized over the decades.
Worth the read:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24396390

[yesphan]

1. Starts with an I

and ends in raq. That's my guess.

Or, USA. Fits both cases.

[clydefrand]

2. It sure sound to me like

USA (US/us)

[treestar]

3. I want to say Iraq or Afghanistan but

the question gives me this feeling of having a surprising answer.

The U.S. itself?

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. The "trick" to the question is as you stated...

The country I had in mind has not yet been guessed
but indeed, it DOES fit the other countries you mentioned
which is really the point, isn't it?
The PATTERN of how to destabilize a country is the key.

[tech3149]

5. Cuba?

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Cuba does not meet 2 of the 4 qualifers.

Any other countries come to mind?

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Cambodia. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Oh yes, I think that would be one.

I updated the post to identify the country I was thinking of...

[Tikki]

7. Sounds like the good ole USA...

the devastation being from so much of our monies needed to rebuild our infrastructure were
instead spent in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tikki

[ambiorix]

8. pick one

israel, lebanon, syria, iraq, afghanistan, algeria, ...
there seem to be quit a lot of options.

[gopiscrap]

10. Welcome to DU

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Exactly!