Iraq: Good job Prez Bush, well done!

[Bragi]

Dozens killed in Iraq as bombers target Shi’ite population

BAGHDAD — Bomb attacks targeting Shi’ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 67 people on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, ramping up fears of an increase in sectarian strife.

I'd like to hear the Bushites explain how the U.S got a trillion dollars worth of goodness from this war.

[JoePhilly]

1. Its Obama's fault.

That is what they will say no matter what happens.

[tridim]

2. Easy, it's all Obama's fault for pulling out on schedule.

[Bragi]

4. Maybe Obama should have made Iraq the 51st state

That would have been a good alternative to leaving.

Baghdad could have had an NFL team. And a State fair.

[DeathToTheOil]

6. DAMN that Kenyan Muslim Atheist Communist Fascist---

---for implementing the SOF agreement Dubya signed!

[comipinko]

3. Ask our defense contractors. They'll tell you.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Sadly, a lot of DUers predicted this before the illegal invasion/occupation.

The reality is Iraq was an artificial state, created by the League of Nations in 1920. It has always required a heavy hand in the central government to keep the warring factions separated. It wouldn't surprise me to see Iraq eventually balkanized into 3 semi-autonomous regions and becoming buffer-proxies to SA (Sunnis), Turkey (Kurds), and Iran (Shias). We could remain there a 100 years and nothing would change...as soon as we were to withdraw, the same political/social conflicts would bubble to the surface.

Well done George/Dick - a trillion dollars invested that accomplished nothing, except kill hundreds of thousands of innocents.

[Bragi]

7. Quite so

I too was of that view right from the outset. Nothing has occurred to change my initial view. I agree that a tripartite division of the country is likely.