Mission accomplished?
Iraq will be lucky if it manages to avoid a breakup and civil war, and the country can become the spark for a vortex of regional upheaval, a report released Wednesday by Britain’s highly regarded Royal Institute of International Affairs concludes.
The fragmentation of Iraq is the “default” scenario, the report says, and will would occur if American-led forces pull out of the country too quickly or if the U.S. government imposes its vision on the country too rigidly.