While we're preoccupied with this new conflict, Iraq is going to pieces

[louis c]

Literally, going to pieces. Check this story out of reuters.

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Baghdad, July 21- Iraqi leaders have all but given up on holding the country together, after forming a national unity government, (they) talk in private of "black days" of civil war ahead.

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On the eve of the first meeting of a National Reconciliation Commission and before Maliki meets President Bush in Washington next week, other senior (Iraqi) politicians also said they were close to giving up on hopes of preserving the 80-year-old, multi-ethnic, religiously mixed state in its present form.

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editorial comment by louis c: "Nice going, President knucklehead. I pray for all the families, American, Iraqi and the duped coalition members for the losses they faced because a gang of evil, lying, mother-fuckers used a catastrophic tragedy for personal gain or to forward a fascist ideology. God bless this country, which is being run by ruthless, conniving traitors to the detriment of all the rest of our citizens, our heritage and our future. May those no good sons (and daughters) of bitches burn in hell for their crimes against this great country and all humanity."




Link"
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21908240.htm

[whistle]

1. Bring the troops home now!

[Deja Q]

2. So is America. Just in other ways.

The only ones prospering are China and India. Maybe we ought to ask them for advice.

[BrotherBuzz]

3. Things are going swimningly in Afghanistan, too

Afghanistan close to anarchy, warns general

Richard Norton-Taylor
Friday July 21, 2006
The Guardian


The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan today described the situation in the country as "close to anarchy" with feuding foreign agencies and unethical private security companies compounding problems caused by local corruption.

The stark warning came from Lieutenant General David Richards, head of Nato's international security force in Afghanistan, who warned that western forces there were short of equipment and were "running out of time" if they were going to meet the expectations of the Afghan people.

The assumption within Nato countries had been that the environment in Afghanistan after the defeat of the Taliban in 2002 would be benign, Gen Richards said. "That is clearly not the case," he said today. He referred to disputes between tribes crossing the border with Pakistan, and divisions between religious and secular factions cynically manipulated by "anarcho-warlords".

Corrupt local officials were fuelling the problem and Nato's provincial reconstruction teams in Afghanistan were sending out conflicting signals, Gen Richards told a conference at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "The situation is close to anarchy," he said, referring in particular to what he called "the lack of unity between different agencies".

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1826303,00.html?gusrc=rss

[cali]

4. no shit.

As yeat's said: "mere anarchy is loosed upon the world."

[jsamuel]

5. Invading/blowing up a country does not stop terrorism.

more evidence that it encourages terrorism by giving it avenues for growth

How much more do we need before we change our policies?

[DELUSIONAL]

6. yep all over -- hard to keep up

Lebanon will follow soon -- and then Syria, Egypt and probably Jordon.

Nice going bush -- you are successful at screwing up everything you touch.

Iran may come out of this in one piece???