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Legacy, Bushie Style 0

Dan Simpson contemplates the collapse of Iraq and argues persuasively that America not only cannot stop it, but has facilitated and exacerbated it through the Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq. It’s a must-read.

The Iraq war, also known as “The War to Re-elect George W. Bush President,” not only left the country of 33 million severely damaged, but, worse, also left it with a government structure that simply does not work in terms of Iraq’s sectarian composition. More than that, America left Iraq with a situation that guarantees continuing fighting until it finds — or re-finds — a stable status quo.

He goes on to say that the least harmful thing we can do is to stay the hell out.

The violence there now must not be allowed to re-engage America in Iraq’s internal conflicts and how it balances its competing elements — Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. We have already done far too much damage to the Iraqis and to ourselves through our efforts to shape Iraq’s future.

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