Oh yeah, Iraq

What the fuck is going on in Iraq right now? We have become so accustomed to stories of 20 civilians killed by a bomb, masked gunmen shooting down 40 people, or 30 people being abducted that we are becoming completely desensitized to the situation. US soldiers are now being charged with raping a young woman (14 years old if you ask the doctor) and then killing her and her family and burning the bodies. Plus, the haditha massacre still hasn't been resolved. The US has completely lost the minds and hearts of the majority of the Iraqi people. We don't want to say that a civil war has started, but if it isn't a civil war, what should we call it? The United Nations reported Tuesday that nearly 6,000 civilians were slain across Iraq in May and June. That is close to the same number of casualties from the 30 years of confilct in Northern Ireland. Maybe it isn't called a civil war yet, because the Kurds haven't been fully drawn in to the fighting. No matter how you look at the situation, the US invading Iraq could be one of the biggest blunders in US history. I can't see any positive change occuring until after we pull out our forces and let the Iraqi people resolve the situation (likely through more bloodshed) or we get competent leadership in this country in 2008. Can the Iraqis wait that long?