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Originally Posted by DeepIron
Civil War. With Iran walking in to pick up the pieces or at least covertly supporting one side or the other I guess...
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The only achievement of the US occupation is a delay in the fall of Maliki and company.
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We are already seeing it in Basra. The final piece of the action will be when the Sunnis get back into the game. There will be a battle for Baghdad, which may end up like Berlin or Jerusalem.
The last thing Iran wants is get involved with the mess in Iraq. They are just keeping their options and contacts open with all the Shia factions.
At the moment the only great beneficiary of the Iraq fiasco has been Putin. Having the Americans mired in Iraq is not only convenient, but profitable in arms sales as Iran and Syria have made huge purchases of Russian Kornet and other antitank missiles should the Americans want to invade another country.