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Originally Posted by Skybird
The country in in a worse situation than ever before.
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I don't know exactly how to measure this but things were so bad under Saddam that this might not be true.
Other than that, I agree with you. I'm personally of the opinion that the US should plan on leaving in the near future, support an independent Kurdish state and let the Shi'ites and Sunnis slug it out amongst themselves.
There is one possible downside to this. Iraq is currently a magnet to myriads of Mujadin fighters. If they become unmeployed in Iraq, they will look for work elsewhere. In a certain sense, Iraq is a healthy distraction. Just a thought.