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With the conflict between Lebanon and Israel, there has been near zero news on Iraq on CNN, MSNBC and (of course) FOX. Thanks to Salon.com (whom is now becoming my main source of news online), I finally found out how Iraq is doing and as expected, it's not any better and looks like it's not getting any better any time soon. When war started between Lebanon and Isreal, I was wondering what was going to have to the American military in Iraq. Would the US get involved in that conflict as well? The answer looks to be no, but thanks to the Bush/Cheney doctorine of pre-emptive war, the near future doesn't look quite clear. With the Iraqi authorities giving up on trying to put the country back together, the US military definitely won't have good time trying to pick up the pieces...if there is any pieces left that is. The way things are going, the troops look to be staying until 2016 or establishing permanent bases there as well. It is very clear that Bush wants (or wanted to now) to let Iraq be his legacy since he thought he would get rid of a monster tyrant and free a country all under an administration under his name. That attempt definitely feels like a backfire and the backlash of his plans will probably be felt for many years by the people both in Iraq, the rest of the Middle East, and the militaries of those countries as well the U.S. The only people who look to benefit from this mistake are those who profit from war and weaspons. Oh, those people are having a field day now.
