Iraq after George W. Bush and his extremely expensive--and illegal--escapade

A lot of us protested the Iraq War George W. Bush brought it on us and them, before it even took place. We knew it was stupid. We knew it was wrong. Heck, at the time, I didn't know it was against our own internal, national laws, let alone international ones as well. Out today comes a story telling U.S. Leaves Iraq Much Worse Off. Not that we've visited the country but we knew this, too, didn't we? We went in, blew 'em up real good and now we're leaving but not without first having gotten nearly 4,500 American soldiers killed and spending billions of dollars. This from Truthdig: Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people has become part of daily life. What a havoc the United States has wreaked in Iraq. For the past few decades, prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the percentage of the urban population living in slums in Iraq hovered just below 20 percent. Today, that percentage has risen to 53 percent: 11 million of the 19 million total urban dwellers. I see where the former President also went to Haiti to talk up helping that country and while that's good, I'd love to ask him when he's going to visit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast since his administration virtually completely, totally and utterly ignored that entire area of the country during and after Hurricane Katrina. If you haven't seen the Brian Williams interview discussing this on the Charlie Rose show on PBS, you should. It's extremely enlightening. What a great idea this turned out to be, right, George--invading Iraq? Your idea destablized the entire country and so, likely, further destabilized the Middle East. Thanks, loads, George! Link to original post: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/us_leaves_iraq_much_worse_off_20100823/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Truthdig+Truthdig:+Drilling+Beneath+the+Headlines