As the West slowly leaves Iraq, guess who is stepping in?

[dead0man]

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[minionofmidas]

Well, duh, it's called Democracy.

[Nhoj]

Uh what did you expect to happen? and in any case maliki has been closely tied to Iran for years.
So what do you suggest deado that we keep up a perpetual occupation cause the iraqis like to hang out with some unsavory people?

[dead0man]

Good Og no.  We should leave quicker if they are going to go the "Dark Side" anyway.  Rather get to the nasty end (whatever that might be) sooner rather than later.

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Clearly every penny of that $1+ trillion was well spent.

[phk]

The only real benefit of this is if they use this to stoke the fire with Saudi Arabia.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Oh wow who could've guessed this? That Iraq is a natural ally of Iran is blatantly obvious to anyone with any knowledge of the region. Saddam was the only thing keeping that from happening.