'I'll flee the country as soon as the US leaves'

[deadparrot]

The Iraqi sergeant has dodged bullets from the al-Mahdi Army and traded fire with Sunni insurgents.

Yet in his years with the Iraqi Army he has learnt one simple lesson: once the US military pulls back in Iraq, he should leave the country if he wants to survive. “As soon as it happens, I will quit my job and live outside Iraq,” the sergeant told The Times.

“We need to give the Americans back all the authority over the Iraqi Army like before.”

Concerns abound that Iraq’s Defence Ministry is being manipulated to serve the interests of powerful Sunni and Shia political parties. A decision by the US military to hand over full control of Iraq’s Army to a Government plagued by sectarian interests, could well spell its ruin.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2490942,00.html

[acmavm]

1. Yeah, this is a lose/lose situation all the way around. Nobody

wins in this one. Except the corporations (if we stay).

[aquart]

2. He's no fool.

There will be no tender mercies once we leave.

We still have to leave. So the bloodbath can begin. So it can be over. So Iraq or whatever is left of the terrible mess we made can start to rebuild.

We're doing it to them again. Just like Poppy did. Only worse. So much worse. What a blood-soaked legacy the Bush monsters leave.