Just another day in the life and death of Iraq XXVII

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Another bloody day: "Gunmen attacked two Shiite homes in western Baghdad, killing 10 people, police said Sunday, while seven others died in clashes elsewhere in the capital."

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At the Post, David Rothkopf offers a sober assessment of U.S. involvement in the Middle East:

[H]owever we may try to extricate ourselves from Iraq today, the best we can hope for is an end to only this latest chapter of U.S. military involvement in the region. There is no getting out of the Middle East. Even if we leave now, we'll be back.

Back for a "Third Gulf War". Read the whole piece.