What happened to all those Iraqi troops we've been training and arming for the past 12+ years, who were supposed to defend their country from these guys?
Now you see why Sadam ruled like he did. I'm not saying he was a nice guy, but now you know why he killed -anyone- who even thought about an uprising.
Tell me again why we went in there in the first place? Not a single 9-11 hijacker was from Iraq, most of them were from Saudi Arabia, and Bin Laden was a Saudi. Even Shrub's Dad, GHW Bush (the 90yr. old paratrooper), knew enough to leave Sadam in power after Gulf War 1...or else this exact scenario would play out.
But nothing is going to change over there until their own people rise up and change it. Remember, America went through a both revolutionary war in 1776, and a civil war in 1865, just trying to become "The United States of America". Turns out, freedom isn't free. Do the Iraqi's want to pay that price?
We've tried to fix Iraq, and we wasted a lot of good people's lives, not to mention $780 Billion in tax dollars, trying to drive out the bad guys, arm and train their soldiers to defend themselves, and rebuild the country. Then they run and hide when the bad guys show up? YGTBSM.