Yesterday President Barack Obama spoke at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and paid tribute
to the US troops who had served in the Iraq war.
He sated that Iraq is now sovereign, stable and self-reliant; and noted that the future of Iraq is now in the hands of the Iraqi people.
Today the US Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, said that "the dream of an independent
and sovereign Iraq is now a reality".
What is the legacy of the war?
- Corruption
- Instability
- Crippled armed forces (eg the airforce will not be capable of defending the borders until 2015)
- Meddling by the Iranians
Mission accomplished!
