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Originally Posted by Boon Mee What say you now you Nattering Nabobs of Negativism |
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Originally Posted by Boon Mee the Sadrist militia and other Iranian-backed militant groups have been disrupted. |
The deal was brokered by the Iranians- the US was entirely left out of the process, and are quite sore about it.
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Originally Posted by Boon Mee al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has been dealt a devastating blow |
Dealt a blow for sure- their ultraviolence disgusted the mostly moderate Sunni population of Iraq, and many militia's- in return for arming and funding by the USA- turned against them, which is good. Unfortunately this pissed off the US propped up, Shiite dominated government- because many of those same militia's have indicated they are still at war with the Iraqi government that they do not recognise, and will turn their arms against them when the time is right.
Hence the Iraqi government is now sidling up to the Iranians, and distancing itself more from the US Occupation.
Can of Worms springs to mind. No amount of political lies will alter the fact- the invasion and occupation of Iraq stands as a Failure, a stark failure of US foreign policy that will be remembered for several generations.
Sorry booner.