It’s too early to tell whether this is election-related (an election law was finally passed yesterday and a date is to be announced) or just a continuing part of the civil war that’s been going on before, during, and after the “surge”.
What is clear is that the messes we’ve made in places like Iraq and Afghanistan are not likely to be cleaned up for decades, regardless of whether we stay or go. These are not stable countries and haven’t been throughout most of their histories. Civilians continue to die every week in Iraq, but our media lost interest months ago.
Gorilla says: “At least we won’t be hearing the Petraeus in 2012 groundswell!”
Tags: Iraq