I don't see the reverse happening at all. Iraq looks EXACTLY like Ameria. There are those that try and help build and protect the country and those that constantly try to intiminate and tear it down? Where is the reverse?
Iraq was supposed to be one nation under Allah. It is fractionalized by Sunni v. Shia hatred, Sunni v. Sunni tribal rivalry, Shia v. Shia tribal rivalry, Kurds v. Iraqi animosity, Islamists v. secularists, etc., etc. The US used to be one nation under G-d. Now, we are pro-abortion Americans v. pro-life Americans; pro-Iraq war Americans v. anti-Iraq war Americans, pro-Pres. Bush Americans v. anti-Pres. Bush Americans. We, too, have broken up into tribes just like the Iraqis. Instead of elevating them to our level of enlightened democracy, we have descended into their level of chaotic animosity.