(RW meme:) Iraq: Progress but vulnerability

[unhappycamper]

Iraq: Progress but vulnerability
By Paul Goodsell
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Published Sunday August 22, 2010

As the United States pulls its combat troops out of Iraq, it leaves a country that has made significant progress in many areas but remains vulnerable to internal instability and foreign dangers.

“They're not all there yet,” said Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. “And they live in a rough neighborhood, with Iran right on their border. If they falter, you can expect that Iran would try to take advantage of that.”

The last U.S. combat brigade left Iraq last week, more than seven years after the invasion that toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Other U.S. combat troops are to complete their withdrawal this week, although 50,000 noncombat troops will remain to protect U.S. civilians and to train Iraqis and assist them when asked.

It's the right move, Nelson and others say, even though Iraq's future remains far from assured.

“Conditions on the ground have led us to this point,” said Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. “But we're going to have to be very vigilant.”



unhappycamper comment: Any news article that mentions Ben Nelson, D(ino)-Neb, Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. and the Brookings Institution is not on the correct track, IMO.

Should we stock up on duct tape?

[SpiralHawk]

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