I find it ironic that much of Iraq bears a striking similarity to a typical inner-city area right here in the U.S. The defining characteristics of a city like Ramadi are large numbers of people who rely entirely on a "nanny state" for their well-being because they are incapable of fending for themselves, and spend most of their time sitting around and alternating complaints that "they're brutalizing us (black/green/Muslim) folks," and "they aren't doing enough to protect us (black/green/Muslim) folks."