Iraq has arrived at a critical point.

[AztecWilliam]

Iraq has just had an election that seems to have gone well. Good. But the last time Iraq had one they needed many months to form a government. Bad. And now the U.S. forces are about to pull out, possibly causing the fragile Iraqi state to fall into chaos. Bad, really, really bad.

Peter Beinart lays out the details of the problem Pres. Obama faces.

www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-08/obamas-iraq-dilemma/

AzWm

[aztecwin]

I think that we are going to keep around 50,000 support type troops there for an indefinate period. Still, the fragile nature of this government is a problem.