Well, the only thing quite great is the fact that the American System somehow survives such madman/idiots somehow with only a little harm.

The only Empire that had the same ability was the Roman Empire...

Germany usually collapsed as soon as one madman came to power
Twice in 50 Years must be some kind of a record

Anyways...
I think it would be save to say that Iraq is a total failure already.
And I don't mean that there is no hope in defeating the insurgency (though it's little)... but it reminds me of "Operation successful - patient dead"

Iraq endured so much suffering since 2003 that it is disgusting to talk about an American success.... 15% of the population became refugees, whole cities got destroyed, the infrastructure is in a horible condition, criminal gangs controll the public live, education is on a horrible level, food and gasoline shortages rock the country...

This even means that democracy has such a horrible taste now, that it is not very apealing there... It will just take a charismatic personality talking about the good old days of Security and Organisation and the current system is gone...

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