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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Oil is down to what - $55? Most of Iraq, other than Bagdad and a few other Sunni strongholds in the Sunni triangle, is absolutely thriving. The Iraq economy is booming. And attacks are down.
In 3 years, we've lost less American troops then we did during WWII on a few islands in the South Pacific in a week.
But it's a clusterfuck.
PS - at least you didn't trot out the word "quagmire".
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Set Kurdistan aside. Is there anywhere else in Iraq where you would feel safe walking around on the streets. Iraq is a complete mess. Huge proportions of the population have emigrated, are emigrating, or would if they could.
As for your celebration of oil at $55/barrel, a graph is worth 1000 words:
