re: #332 researchok

You see any WMD’s used lately?

You make it sound like he used them every weekend. He gassed the Kurds. While we were semi-allies.

Sectarian strife? Hey That’s not unique to a post war Iraq.

Nor did I say it was.

As for the government, let’s wait and see. The jury is still out. It isn’t as if government isn’t a messy business.

What I mean is that they’re still torturing, their justice system is corrupt, and the government is still corrupt. Democracy isn’t a panacea.

washingtonpost.com

The soldiers yanked Arkan Subhi Ahmed al-Habshi out of bed shortly before dawn, screaming and striking him with their guns, a scene that has become routine in Sunni districts of Baghdad.

His family’s futile attempts to navigate the criminal justice system into which he disappeared after his detention in July fit a pattern that has left Sunnis across the country feeling bereft and indignant.

“There is no evidence against him,” said his wife, Besma Ali, 22. “This government wants to take revenge on the people.”

Habshi is among the countless Sunni men who are ensnarled in Iraq’s backlogged and corruption-plagued court system. In a country that is slowly coming to terms with a vicious sectarian war, their treatment has become among the most combustible flash points.