[Chode]

Decades of armed #conflicts, water scarcity, extreme population growth, and poor infrastructure have pushed #Iraq to the brink.

[wny]

oh well...

[SauronOfMordor]

And the population will ALL try to get to Europe

[dfwgator]

[Hegemony Cricket]

Is there any possibility that a major causal factor or two are being overlooked?

[mund1011]

On a very basic level it all looks like the war machine got its way. View from outer space:

1. 9-11 happens / Saudi throat cutters and BinLaden are involved

2. We (USA) attack Afghanistan where terrorist goat humpers are training and BinLaden is hiding

3. We (USA) attack Iraq

Now doesn't step 3 seem like a bit of a leap? Oh yeah, I forgot about the WMD's. We were played.

As Trump said in one of the debates, "that one was a beauty" (mocking Jeb in terms of W's stupidity going into Iraq)

And I supported this fool (bush #2)

[Verginius Rufus]

The Tigris and Euphrates both start in Turkey. The Euphrates also goes through Syria before entering Iraq. Do the dams in those countries contribute to Iraq's water scarcity?

Lots of water in the Persian Gulf but I don't know if desalination projects would be feasible--they would have to pump the water a long way to where the population centers are (and Iraq has only a tiny coastline).

[jerod]

The brink of what?

It was a sh*thole prior to the war, it’s still a sh*thole. Maintain troops there forever, just like they did in Japan and Germany. There’s no leaving Iraq now.

[VTenigma]

Checking my “give a damn” meter.... Nope, no change.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

It’s fair to say that we pretty much broke that country back in 2004. But that was 20 years ago, and we spent billions of dollars on the replacement regime. If it’s still broken, it’s not our fault. They’ve had time, and they had the money. Their problem is that can’t get along with others. Or each other.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Nothing islam cannot fix or perpetuate.