Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Iraq has emerged as the world's second most unstable country, behind Sudan, more than four years after President George W. Bush ordered the U.S. invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, according to a survey released on Monday.

The 2007 Failed States Index, produced by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace, said Iraq suffered a third straight year of deterioration in 2006 with diminished results across a range of social, economic, political and military indicators. Iraq ranked fourth last year.

Afghanistan, another war-torn country where U.S. and NATO forces are battling a Taliban insurgency nearly six years after a U.S.-led invasion, was in eighth place.

"Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main fronts in the global war on terror, both suffered over the past year," a report that accompanied the figures said.

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The index said Sudan, the world's worst failed state, appears to be dragging down its neighbors Central African Republic and Chad, with violence in the Darfur region responsible for at least 200,000 deaths and the displacement of 2 million to 3 million.

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[havocmom]

1. Were are we ranked these days?

x(

[yardwork]

2. We're the 96th most peaceful nation on earth, out of 121.

[sutz12]

3. "Failed" implies it is their own fault....Broken is more accurate, and we broke it. nt

[ChickMagic]

10. We Crate and Barreled it for sure n/t

[maddezmom]

4. up from #4, guess that's progress

:sarcasm:

[rodeodance]

5. to be sure--the WH WILL tount it as progress

[Posteritatis]

9. To be fair, it *is*, it's just not nearly enough of it. Accomplished, indeed.. (nt)

[TommyO]

6. George won't be happy until he's made it #1!

[VanPelt4IndSenate]

7. Bush is a #2

Stinks like it too.

[MADem]

8. Well, some Halliburton subcontracted entity needs to get to work on the big foam hands

We're number one, we're number one.....

[gratuitous]

11. Second worst world-wide

I believe that's officially clusterfuck territory, and news flash to Congress: The solution to a clusterfuck is not more clustering and harder fucking. End the failed surge. Bring the troops home. And fund any credible body that can help repair the damage we've done.

[LynnTheDem]

12. WOW!!! Remember, dear Iraqis, to send your "debt of gratitude"

to GEORGE W. bUSH.