Not as gloomy as you might think

The scramble by various groups to create a new strategy for quelling the sectarian and factional violence in Iraq is interesting, for nobody, despite all the current studies, seems to have one.

After over three years of conflict, I wonder why that is. Maybe, the Iraqis have taken their fate into their own hands, and there is nothing anybody outside can do about it. The thought is not as gloomy as you might imagine once you think of its implications. The Iraqis are just like us. The U. S. fought one of the most spectacular civil wars of all time, and look at us now.