Is Iraq headed back into civil war?

[dead0man]

Probably.

and this.

Well, hopefully, if that happens, they will draw new lines, instead of keeping the problematic colonial country limits.

[dead0man]

1,000 Iraqi Kurd soldiers desert

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[dead0man]

But the Surge guys, the Surge worked.

It did, then we left.  Just like everybody wanted.

[dead0man]

But the Surge guys, the Surge worked.

It did, then we left.  Just like everybody wanted.

Staying would have helped sort out this problem in the long term how, exactly? I'm genuinely curious. Even if a good argument can be made I still doubt it'd've been worth it.

It most certainly would not have been worth it.

[dead0man]

I don't think it was the invasion itself that was the problem, it was how we did things immediately afterword that caused the problems.  Mainly the sticking around and disbanding the Iraqi Army.  Iraq was going to have issues once Saddam was gone.  Any place were the minority has kept the majority down for decades is going to have issues once that boot is removed from the throat.  Why we thought we could prevent that is beyond my pay grade.