Iraq just unliberated a bit of itself

[Mr.Bill]

When Cheney goes on Fox this weekend, and I'm sure he will maybe Fox can run the video of Bush saying "Mission Accomplished"..

Iraq will end up breaking apart, and Iran will become the major power in the region, the 2 things worse things that could possibly happen..

"Mission Accomplished" Indeed..

[Dylan]

[The Dharma Bum]

[uebermann]

[Mr.Bill]

[gla22]

The US needs to just cut and run at this point. The US foreign policy is pathetic and shortsighted. Iraq might've been winnable if we didn't decide to destabilize most of its neighbors simaltaneously. Europe is going to be more hesitant to support the US on our next ME esccapade. Currently half a million migrants and refugees wait on the north shore of Africa trying to get into Europe to turn what were once great countries into dirty, impoverished, shitholes.

[Indy]

[Philly]

You guys are all fixated on looking back at Bush. News flash: WE ARE STILL IN AFGHANISTAN. Bush f**k up big time by invading Iraq. Obama f**k up by staying there as long as we did. But we are still in Afghanistan and this recent develop my should move anyone still on the fence off. Get out of Afghanistan NOW. No responsible draw down. No measured transition of power. Just get out before a single additional American has to die for a lost cause.

[Professor]

Iran is putting boots on the ground in Iraq? Wonderful!! Finally, someone else is standing up to do something. Perhaps we can buy some tickets and watch from the box seats for once.

[Indy]

What's so odd to me is that Iraq is a Shiite majority country so I wonder why they're all just... taking this sitting down.

But holllllly sheet this has got to be one of the biggest f-ups in U.S. foreign policy history. And all the billions we spent "training" their army?

Related note: we've spent billions upon billions "training" the Afghan army. How's that going?