Why We Should Examine Iraq

Using "Shock & Awe" as an advertisement for what was to come, the United States uprooted Saddam Hussein, leaving Iraq's government and infrastructure in shambles. The following chaos led to a period of anarchy and disorder fostering a breeding ground for the world's Islamic Jihadists to develop an "insurgency", that would engage the United States. Now, here we are, with, if you read the fine print, an Iraqi constitution with a built in self destruct button, certain continuing Iranian participation in Shiite militias in the Basra and southern areas of Iraq, and Turks in the north groaning against growing Kurdish power in the region. With alleged Syrian and Lebanese involvement in "regional affairs" this conflict is becoming so infectiously widespread, that, I fear my 12 year old boy could be fighting in some remote hellhole in the not too distant future. This scenario had better not happen. and is reason enough to inform parents of future soldiers by opening the "book" on all aspects leading up to and concerning this war. This war has the potential to become a "global" event, so the more we know the better.