And that my friends is the gist of the Iraq story, Oh let's not forget securing the oil reserves for the US oil companies so they can charge us 3.00++++ for a gallon of gasoline. I guess you can call that a success, ~LOL~, what a giant load of crap this war was-is.
medicinal Reviewed by medicinal on . Is the US Really Bringing Stability to Baghdad? By PATRICK COCKBURN To judge from the talk in Washington, the 'surge' that put 30,000 more US troops on the ground in Iraq has succeeded in bringing stability to a nation still riven by ethnic, religious and tribal conflict. Life, the Pentagon boasts, is returning to normal. But the truth is a very different story. People in Baghdad are not passive victims of violence, but seek desperately to avoid their fate. In April 2004, I was almost killed by Shia militiamen of the Mehdi Army at a Rating: 5