CIVIL WAR
Iraq's population of 27 million is roughly a 10th of the population of the United States. So for purposes of perspective -- and yes, I realize this is not a original exercise -- a few quick snapshots of what the U.S. would look like if it were experiencing the chaos that Iraq is suffering . . .
-- We'd be losing 2,000 police officers and soldiers each month inside our own borders.
-- Across the nation, each month, 750 car bombs would be detonated.
-- Across the nation, each month, 20,000 civilians would be killed.
-- About 200,000 insurgent fighters would be hiding out in our cities, towns and countryside.
-- Death squads would be roaming the streets of our major cities, kidnapping and killing hundreds of people each day at random.
Kofi Annan warned today that Iraq was in danger of sliding into a full-scale civil war.
In danger? Is he kidding?
I'm not sure what the hang-up is about acknowledging that Iraq -- and particularly, Baghdad -- is embroiled in a civil war. That fact alone doesn't preclude a positive outcome, it simply acknowledges a
situation that needs to be rectified.
-- We'd be losing 2,000 police officers and soldiers each month inside our own borders.
-- Across the nation, each month, 750 car bombs would be detonated.
-- Across the nation, each month, 20,000 civilians would be killed.
-- About 200,000 insurgent fighters would be hiding out in our cities, towns and countryside.
-- Death squads would be roaming the streets of our major cities, kidnapping and killing hundreds of people each day at random.
Kofi Annan warned today that Iraq was in danger of sliding into a full-scale civil war.
In danger? Is he kidding?
I'm not sure what the hang-up is about acknowledging that Iraq -- and particularly, Baghdad -- is embroiled in a civil war. That fact alone doesn't preclude a positive outcome, it simply acknowledges a
situation that needs to be rectified.
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Wait until our American leaders really mess things up. We are a hairs width away from total breakdown in the country formerly known as the USA. Lack of food and opportunity will trump loyalty to the red white and blue and all those high-minded principals we talk and write about.
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