Is Iraq ready to go it alone?

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US troops are withdrawing from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion. What have they achieved?

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[The Iraqi Communist]

In Baghdad they are ready, but some parts of Iraq are still messed up (like Mosul and Kirkuk).

It is good that the American troops have left out of the Iraqi public eye, but we still know they will have their military bases in Iraq. But like the British in 58, the Iraqi army will revolt and kick them completely out, with their own weapons and training from the Americans.

What they have achieved... Nothing besides from hanging Saddam. The "peace" in Iraq right now, is only because of the current moderate Shi'ite parti (Al-Daawa) and Prime-Minister Al-Maliki's iron fist when it comes to Al-Qaeda and rebels.

[OneNamedNameLess]

US troops are withdrawing from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion. What have they achieved?

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Personally I think we have achieved a lot in Iraq. it is now home to the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. Hats off to the allies.

[DreamWeaver]

The allies are the cause of the coming civil war in Iraq, they have brought nothing but instability to the region, and death to the people. There is no real government, there is no real policeforce and there will never be an Iraqi army. The country will be ripped apart by civil war and the oil and 'safety' (those 12.000 euro/american ex-military cowboys) industries will profit.

[Il Medico]

US troops are withdrawing from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion. What have they achieved?

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The murder of thousands of innocent civilians. Plus one dictator. Totally worth it.:rolleyes:

[Labor Shall Rule]

The status of semi-permanent units will likely be questioned in the future, considering that their role will probably be far more repressive since Iraq will be faced with far more imperialist accumulation through IMF "debt relief" and the sale of public oil assets by the puppet government.

Nevertheless, U.S. imperialism will still be the primary contradiction, considering that it is still out to dispossess the occupied of access to their own labor, land, and raw materials.

[politics student]

The murder of thousands of innocent civilians. Plus one dictator. Totally worth it.:rolleyes:

Lets not forget all the US military bases that have been set up. While they are pulling out some of there forces, they will have a presence in the country to safe guard the oil supply.

Also wack up the death count to at least a hundred thousand, but hey they all died in a good cause.... umm was it democracy (invading a country to force freedom :rolleyes:) or those imaginary WMDs (Considering the west was basically arming sadam, the UK and US governments knew what capacity they had) or was it the large amounts of oil......

[Kukulofori]

hey we're all clear on that things are going to be exactly the same now right just there won't be as many US troops on the streets?

[Psy]

hey we're all clear on that things are going to be exactly the same now right just there won't be as many US troops on the streets?
I doubt it, the US troops were suppressing a powerful labor movement in Iraq that was mobilized due to the conditions in Iraq after the invasion, now conditions are much worse and revolts are still raging across Iran. The withdraw of US troops in Iraqi city might follow the with revolts in Iran sparking revolts in Iraqi cities.

[the last donut of the night]

Iraq War, simplified to a child: "Billy, there once was a little boy named Joe. Joe went to school, just like you. He played in the playgrounds and in the swings. Except Joe was very mean. He hurt smaller boys and girls for their sandboxes and lunches. Once, he went to a boy named Mohammed. Mohammed was fine by himself, eating his own lunch. Joe beat up Mohammed, took his dessert, and left him alone with a packet of crackers but no juice box."

Sorry if the names seem stereotypical. I'm trying to get my point across here.

[Kassad]

Should a country be independent and sovereign or be occupied and destroyed by a foreign invader? Wow, this one's a fucking toughie.

[the last donut of the night]

I just said that the USA just fucked things up, dude